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Job 19:20
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KJ21
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
ASV
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
AMP
“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.
AMPC
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin or gums of my teeth.
BRG
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
CSB
My skin and my flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.
CSBA
My skin and my flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.
CEB
My bones cling to my skin and flesh; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
CJB
My bones stick to my skin and flesh; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
CEV
I am skin and bones— just barely alive.
DARBY
My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
DRA
The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.
ERV
“I am so thin, my skin hangs loose on my bones. I have little life left in me.
EASY
My body is now only skin and bones. I still breathe but I am only just alive.
EHV
I am nothing but skin and bones. I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
ESV
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
ESVUK
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
EXB
·I am nothing but skin and bones [L My bones cling to my skin and my flesh]; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
GNV
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
GW
I am skin and bones, and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
GNT
My skin hangs loose on my bones; I have barely escaped with my life.
HCSB
My skin and my flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
ICB
I am nothing but skin and bones. I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.
ISV
I’m a pile of skin and bones; I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth.”
JUB
My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
KJV
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
AKJV
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
LSB
My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
LEB
My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
TLB
I am skin and bones and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.
MSG
“God alienated my family from me; everyone who knows me avoids me. My relatives and friends have all left; houseguests forget I ever existed. The servant girls treat me like a deadbeat off the street, look at me like they’ve never seen me before. I call my attendant and he ignores me, ignores me even though I plead with him. My wife can’t stand to be around me anymore. I’m repulsive to my family. Even street urchins despise me; when I come out, they taunt and jeer. Everyone I’ve ever been close to abhors me; my dearest loved ones reject me. I’m nothing but a bag of bones; my life hangs by a thread.
MEV
My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
NOG
I am skin and bones, and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
NABRE
My bones cling to my skin, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
NASB
My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
NASB1995
“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
NCB
I have become just skin and bones and have escaped with only my gums.
NCV
I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
NET
My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.
NIRV
I’m nothing but skin and bones. I’ve barely escaped death.
NIV
I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
NIVUK
I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
NKJV
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
NLV
I am only skin and flesh. And I have gotten away only by the skin of my teeth.
NLT
I have been reduced to skin and bones and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.
NRSVA
My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
NRSVACE
My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
NRSVCE
My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
NRSVUE
My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
OJB
My etzem cleaveth to my ohr (skin) and to my basar, and I am escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
RGT
“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
RSV
My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
RSVCE
My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
TLV
My bones cling to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
VOICE
I am reduced to skin and bones; I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth.
WEB
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
WYC
When my fleshes were wasted, my bone(s) cleaved to my skin; and only [the] lips be left about my teeth (and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth).
YLT
To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.
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