Verse 20

My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 102:5 : 5 Because of the voice of my groaning, my bones cling to my skin.
  • Lam 4:8 : 8 Their appearance is blacker than coal; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin clings to their bones; it has withered, it has become like a stick.
  • Job 33:19-22 : 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain; 20 So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones, that were not seen, stick out. 22 Yes, his soul draws near to the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
  • Ps 22:14-17 : 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws; You have brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I can count all my bones; they look and stare at me.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
  • Ps 38:3 : 3 There is no health in my flesh because of your anger, nor is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
  • Ps 102:3 : 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned like a hearth.
  • Lam 3:4 : 4 My flesh and my skin He has made old; He has broken my bones.
  • Job 2:4-6 : 4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has will he give for his life. 5 But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face. 6 And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but spare his life.
  • Job 7:5 : 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and becomes loathsome.
  • Job 30:30 : 30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
  • Lam 5:10 : 10 Our skin is black as an oven because of the terrible famine.