American Standard Version
"My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother. "
— Job 19:17, American Standard Version
“My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.”
“My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.”
“My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my brothers.”
“My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.”
“My breath is strange to my wife, and I am disgusting to the offspring of my mother's body.”
“My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.”
My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.
They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, ThoughI entreat him with my mouth.
My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.
Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.
All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.