Job 19:20 “My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my…”

Job 19:20

My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

World English Bible

My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

American Standard Version

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Geneva Bible 1599

My bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my flesh, and I haue escaped with the skinne of my teeth.

Darby Translation

My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Young's Literal Translation

To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.

Bible in Basic English

My bones are joined to my skin, and I have got away with my flesh in my teeth.

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Cross references

“bone”

Psalm 102:5 Lamentations 4:8 Job 33:19–22 Job 30:30 Psalm 22:14–17 Psalm 38:3

Psalm 102:5 · BSB

Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.

Lamentations 4:8 · BSB

But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

Job 33:19–22 · BSB

A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

Job 30:30 · BSB

My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

Psalm 22:14–17 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Psalm 38:3 · BSB

There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

“and I am”

Job 2:4–6 Job 7:5 Lamentations 3:4 Lamentations 5:10

Job 2:4–6 · BSB

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

Job 7:5 · BSB

My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

Lamentations 3:4 · BSB

He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

Lamentations 5:10 · BSB

Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

Read Job 19