🌪️WEB · Job 19:17
What does Job 19:17 mean?
"My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother."
— Job 19:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.
Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.
I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.
My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
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