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Read Full Chapter (Job 19) Job 19:17 KJV
"My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body."
Job Chapter 19, Verse 17
Job 19:17 in Context (Verses 14–20 KJV)
14
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
17
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.*
18
Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.*
19
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.*
20
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.*