“My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.”

Job 19:20 (KJV) |

Job 19:20

From Job 19, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).

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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.

21

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

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