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16 “I call to my servant,
    but he doesn’t respond,
        even though I beg to him earnestly.[a]
17 My wife says my breath stinks;
    even my children say I smell bad!
18 Even little children hate me;
    when I get up, they mock me.

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  1. Job 19:16 Lit. him with my mouth

16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome(A) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(B) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.(C)

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