Parallel Verses
NET Bible
My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.
New American Standard Bible
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
King James Version
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Holman Bible
I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
International Standard Version
I'm a pile of skin and bones; I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth."
A Conservative Version
My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
American Standard Version
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Amplified
“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.
Bible in Basic English
My bones are joined to my skin, and I have got away with my flesh in my teeth.
Darby Translation
My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Julia Smith Translation
My bone cleaved to my skin and to my flesh, and I shall escape with the skin of my teeth.
King James 2000
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Modern King James verseion
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My bone hangeth to my skin, and my flesh is away; there is left me only the skin about my teeth.
New Heart English Bible
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
The Emphasized Bible
Unto my skin and unto my flesh, have my bones cleaved, and I have escaped with the akin of my teeth.
Webster
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
World English Bible
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Youngs Literal Translation
To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.
Interlinear
Dabaq
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 19:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
I Am Forgotten
19 All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me. 20 My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth. 21 Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 102:5
Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.
Lamentations 4:8
(Khet) Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark.
Job 2:4-6
But Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
Job 7:5
My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
Job 30:30
My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.
Job 33:19-22
Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,
Psalm 22:14-17
My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.
Psalm 32:3-4
When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
Psalm 38:3
My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.
Psalm 102:3
For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
Lamentations 3:4
(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.
Lamentations 5:10
Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.