Catholic Public Domain Version
"My wife has shuddered at my breath, and I have begged the sons of my loins. "
— Job 19:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.”
“My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother. ”
“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 kinsmen have forsaken me, and those who knew me, have forgotten me.
The inhabitants of my house and my maidservants treat me just as if I were a stranger, and I have been like a sojourner in their eyes.
I called my servant, and he did not respond; I pleaded with him with my own mouth.
My wife has shuddered at my breath, and I have begged the sons of my loins.
Even the foolish have looked down on me, and, when I withdrew from them, they spoke ill of me.
Those who were sometimes my counselors, treat me like an abomination; and he whom I valued the most has turned against me.
Since my flesh has been consumed, my bone adheres to my skin, and only my lips have been left around my teeth.