Devine Scripture

Job 19:17

Job chapter 19 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.

Context

v.16I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, ThoughI entreat him with my mouth.

v.17This passage

v.18Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 2:9

    Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.

  • Job 17:1

    My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave isreadyfor me.