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Job 19:17
Job 19:17 is verse 17 of Job chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
King James Version
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
World English Bible
My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
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Job 19:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
16 I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.
18 Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.
19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 2:9Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.