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Job 19:17

My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
Job 19:17 · King James Version

In other versions

  • My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.

    ASV

  • My breath is strange to my wife, and I am disgusting to the offspring of my mother's body.

    BBE

  • My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb.

    DBY

  • My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

    WEB

  • My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my `mother's' womb.

    YLT

  • My breath is strange to my wife, though I implored for the children's sake of mine own body.

    ENG

  • My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of my own body.

    WBT

  • My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

    BSB

In context

15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

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