17 My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am [a]repulsive to the children of my own body.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:17 Lit. strange

Job Prays for Relief

17 “My spirit is broken,
My days are extinguished,
(A)The grave is ready for me.

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Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? [a]Curse God and die!”

10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. (A)Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” (B)In all this Job did not (C)sin with his lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:9 Lit. Bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

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