Job 19:17

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My breath is offensive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own children.

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  • Job 2:9-9 : 9 His wife said to him, 'Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!' 10 But he replied, 'You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?' In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
  • Job 17:1 : 1 My spirit is broken, my days have faded away, and the grave is ready for me.

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  • Job 19:13-16
    4 verses
    83%

    13He has driven my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances have turned against me.

    14My relatives have ceased to be close, and my close friends have forgotten me.

    15The guests in my house and my maidservants regard me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes.

    16I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I must plead with him with my own mouth.

  • Job 19:18-21
    4 verses
    78%

    18Even little children despise me; when I rise, they speak against me.

    19All my close friends abhor me, and those I loved have turned against me.

    20My bones cling to my skin and my flesh, and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

    21Have pity on me, have pity on me, my friends, because the hand of God has struck me.

  • 1My spirit is broken, my days have faded away, and the grave is ready for me.

  • 18He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

  • 15If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.

  • 12With reproofs for iniquity, You discipline a man; like a moth, You consume his cherished things. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • 3as long as my breath remains in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

  • 27and my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand offered them a kiss in worship,

  • Ps 38:9-11
    3 verses
    68%

    9I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.

    10O Lord, all my desires are before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.

    11My heart throbs, my strength has left me; even the light of my eyes—it has also gone from me.

  • 15I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine.

  • Job 31:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,

    10then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her.

  • 10Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, as do my soul and my body.

  • 19Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

  • 20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • 19Will you never look away from me or leave me alone till I swallow my spit?

  • 40This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime, and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

  • 11Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 4Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • 20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

  • Job 30:18-19
    2 verses
    67%

    18With great force my garment is disfigured; it binds me like the collar of my tunic.

    19He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

  • 20See, LORD, how distressed I am! I am in anguish within, my heart is overturned because I have been very rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is only death.

  • 24For my sighing comes before my food, and my groanings pour out like water.

  • 27Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!

  • 3You have insulted me ten times now; you are not even ashamed that you mistreat me.

  • 21When my heart was embittered and my spirit was pierced within me,

  • 8For I have endured insult for your sake, and shame has covered my face.

  • 12Why were there knees to receive me, or breasts that I should nurse?

  • 22Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown his wondrous love to me in a fortified city.

  • 13Indeed, there is no help in me, and ability has been driven from me.

  • Ps 102:4-5
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    4For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones are burned like a hearth.

    5My heart is afflicted and withered like grass, for I forget to eat my food.

  • 6If I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, what do I lose?

  • 15I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts within me.

  • 11My days have passed, my plans are broken off, and the desires of my heart are gone.

  • 2What, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?

  • 2The people of Judah and Israel will come together, appoint one leader, and rise up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.

  • 16"Because of these things I weep; my eyes, my eyes flow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed."

  • 18Why then did You bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died and no eye had seen me.

  • 14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

  • 1I am disgusted with my life; I will give voice to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.