JOB 19:20 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Ἐν δέρματί μου ἐσάπησαν αἱ σάρκες μου, τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἐν ὀδοῦσιν ἔχεται.
(En dermati mou esapaʸsan hai sarkes mou, ta de osta mou en odousin eⱪetai. )

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

UST I have become so thin that my bones are visible beneath my skin;
⇔ I am barely alive.

BSB My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
⇔ 

OEB My skin clings to my bones;
⇔ I escape with my flesh in my teeth.

WEBBE My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh.
⇔ I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET My bones stick to my skin and my flesh;
⇔ I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.

LSV To my skin and to my flesh
My bone has cleaved,
And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.

FBV I've been reduced to skin and bones and I survive by the skin of my teeth.

T4T My body is only skin and bones;
⇔ I am barely alive [IDM].

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE My bones are joined to my skin, and I have got away with my flesh in my teeth.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am 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.

DRA The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.

YLT To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.

Drby My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

RV My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
(My bone cleaveth/cleaves_or_clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. )

SLT My bone cleaved to my skin and to my flesh, and I shall escape with the skin of my teeth.

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

KJB-1769 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.[fn]
(My bone cleaveth/cleaves_or_clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. )

19.20 and to: or, as to

KJB-1611 [fn]My bone cleaueth to my skinne, and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skinne of my teeth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

19:20 Or, ac.

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva My bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my flesh, and I haue escaped with the skinne of my teeth.
(My bone cleaveth/cleaves_or_clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

Wycl No Wycl JOB book available

Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg Pelli meæ, consumptis carnibus, adhæsit os meum, et derelicta sunt tantummodo labia circa dentes meos.[fn]
(Pelli my, spents carnibus, stuck mouth mine, and derelicta are only labia circa teeth mine. )

19.20 Pelli meæ consumptis. In ossibus fortitudo, etc., usque ad passionis tempore juxta se mulieres invenit. Carnibus GREG. Quæ ossi hæserant, dum discipuli, licet infirmi, veritatis fidem populis prædicarent. Et cum sanctæ mulieres ea quæ necessaria erant exteriora corporis subsidia præpararent, quasi pellis extra manebant in corpore. Et derelicta. Dentes apostoli sunt; labia tantummodo circa dentes relicta sunt, cum de eo duo post mortem ejus ambulantes confabulari quidem noverant, sed prædicare jam eum, aut mordere infidelium vitia formidabant. Sed jam ad propria verba Job revertitur. Tantummodo. Nec felicibus aliud est circa dentes quam labia: et sic patet hoc mystice dici.

19.20 Pelli my spents. In bones strength, etc., until to passionis at_the_time next_to himself women he_found. Carnibus GREG. Which ossi hæserant, while students, licet infirmi, to_the_truths faith of_the_peoples beforedicarent. And when/with sanctæ women them which necessaria they_were exteriora body subsidia beforepararent, as_if pellis extra manebant in/into/on corpore. And derelicta. Dentes apostoli sunt; labia only circa teeth relicta are, when/with from/about by_him two after death his walking confabulari indeed noverant, but beforedicare already him, or mordere infidelium vitia formidabant. But already to propria words Yob he_returns. Onlymodo. Neither felicibus something_else it_is circa teeth how labia: and so clear this mystice to_be_said.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בְּ⁠עוֹרִ֣⁠י וּ֭⁠בִ⁠בְשָׂרִ⁠י דָּבְקָ֣ה עַצְמִ֑⁠י

in/on/at/with,skin_of,my and,in/on/at/with,flesh_of,my cling bones_of,my

Job is not referring to a specific bone. He means all of his bones. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using a plural form. Alternate translation: [My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

בְּ⁠עוֹרִ֣⁠י וּ֭⁠בִ⁠בְשָׂרִ⁠י דָּבְקָ֣ה עַצְמִ֑⁠י

in/on/at/with,skin_of,my and,in/on/at/with,flesh_of,my cling bones_of,my

Job is speaking of this representative bone as if it were living thing that could cling to his skin and flesh. He means that his bones are right next to his skin and flesh, that is, all of the muscle in between has wasted away. Your language may have a similar expression that you could use in your translation. You could also state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I am just skin and bones]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וָ֝⁠אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗⁠ה בְּ⁠ע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽ⁠י

and,escaped, in/on/at/with,skin_of teeth_of,my

Job is speaking as if he had barely escaped from some disaster, and he is describing what he was able to escape with. Interpreters have different ideas about what he is describing, but they generally agree that it means something insignificant. Alternate translation: [and there is practically nothing left of me]

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