◄ Job 19:17 ►
Verse  (Click for Chapter)
Good News Translation
My wife can't stand the smell of my breath, and my own brothers won't come near me.

New Revised Standard Version
My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family.

Contemporary English Version
My breath disgusts my wife; everyone in my family turns away.

New American Bible
My breath is abhorrent to my wife; I am loathsome to my very children.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.

breath

Job 2:9,10 And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? bless God and die. . . .

Job 17:1 My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me.

body.

Context
Job: My Redeemer Lives
…16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth. 17My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.18Even fools despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spoke against me.…
Cross References
Job 19:16
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.

Job 19:18
Even fools despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spoke against me.

Job 19:16
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