Job 19:17
“My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the childrens sake of mine owne body.”
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Job 19:17 Context
15They that dwell in mine house, and my maides count me for a stranger: I am an aliant in their sight. 16I called my seruant, and he gaue me no answere: I intreated him with my mouth. 17My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the childrens sake of mine owne body. 18Yea, yong children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. 19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loued, are turned against me.
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My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's [sake] of mine own body.
- King James Version
"My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.
- American Standard Version (1901)
My breath is strange to my wife, and I am disgusting to the offspring of my mother's body.
- Basic English Bible
My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb.
- Darby Bible
My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of my own body.
- Webster's Bible
My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
- World English Bible
My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my [mother's] womb.
- Youngs Literal Bible
My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible