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18 Even young children despise me;
    when I rise, they talk against me.
19 All my intimate friends abhor me,
    and those whom I loved have turned against me.
20 My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh,
    and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

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18 Even the little boys(A) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.(B)
19 All my intimate friends(C) detest me;(D)
    those I love have turned against me.(E)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(F)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums