Job 19:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 19:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 19:20 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. and to: or, as to" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 19:20 — KJV
“My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. and to: or, as to”
— Job 19:20 (KJV)
Job 19:20 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 19:20
“By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. skin: or, flesh”
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“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.”
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“Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. blacker...: Heb. darker than blackness”
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“Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;”
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“Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.”
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