King James Version
Job 19:20 in the King James Version says “My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. and to: or, as to” — study this verse from Job chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. and to: or, as to”
Job 19:20 · KJV
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. young: or, the wicked
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. my: Heb. the men of my secret
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. and to: or, as to
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and to my flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
“cleaveth”
H1692properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
“My bone”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
“and I am escaped”
H4422properly, to be smooth, i.e., (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth youn
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