Job 19:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 102:5 : 5 Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.
  • Lam 4:8 : 8 ח(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 33:19-22 : 19 Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones, 20 so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare. 21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible. 22 He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.
  • Ps 22:14-17 : 14 My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me. 15 The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death. 16 Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet. 17 I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long. 4 For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah)
  • Ps 38:3 : 3 My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.
  • Ps 102:3 : 3 For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
  • Lam 3:4 : 4 ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.
  • Job 2:4-6 : 4 But Satan answered the LORD,“Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life! 5 But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!” 6 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.”
  • Job 7:5 : 5 My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
  • Job 30:30 : 30 My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.
  • Lam 5:10 : 10 Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 102:5
    82%

    5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

  • Job 19:21-22
    2 verses
    81%

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

    22Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh?

  • Job 19:18-19
    2 verses
    80%

    18Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me.

    19All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

  • Lam 3:4
    79%

    4ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.

  • Ps 22:13-17
    5 verses
    77%

    13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

    15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

    16Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

    17I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph.

  • Job 13:14
    77%

    14Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

  • Job 16:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

    9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

  • Lam 3:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.

    17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • Job 30:30
    75%

    30My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.

  • Job 33:21
    75%

    21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.

  • Job 10:11
    75%

    11You clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews.

  • Ps 3:7
    74%

    7Rise up, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.

  • Job 30:16-19
    4 verses
    74%

    16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

    17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.

    18With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.

    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

  • Job 7:5
    74%

    5My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.

  • Job 19:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,

    27whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.

  • Job 31:22
    73%

    22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.

  • Ps 35:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

    16When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me.

  • Ps 31:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

    11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering– those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.

  • Job 16:20
    72%

    20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

  • Job 29:17
    72%

    17I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

  • Lam 3:11
    72%

    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Ps 22:19
    72%

    19But you, O LORD, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!

  • Lam 1:13
    72%

    13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

  • Ps 38:11
    72%

    11Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.

  • Ps 39:10
    72%

    10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

  • Job 33:19
    71%

    19Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

  • Job 19:13
    71%

    13Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.

  • Job 41:23
    71%

    23The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm on it, immovable.

  • Job 6:10
    71%

    10Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Ps 141:7
    70%

    7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

  • Ps 38:3
    70%

    3My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.

  • Job 16:13
    70%

    13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

  • Ps 42:10
    70%

    10My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”

  • Job 19:9
    70%

    9He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head.

  • Job 6:13
    70%

    13Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?