Job 19:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

New Living Translation
I have been reduced to skin and bones and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.

English Standard Version
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Berean Study Bible
My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

New American Standard Bible
“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

NASB 1995
"My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

NASB 1977
“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

Amplified Bible
“My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped [death] by the skin of my teeth.

Christian Standard Bible
My skin and my flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My skin and my flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Contemporary English Version
I am skin and bones--just barely alive.

Good News Translation
My skin hangs loose on my bones; I have barely escaped with my life.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I am skin and bones, and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

International Standard Version
I'm a pile of skin and bones; I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth."

NET Bible
My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

New King James Version
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

King James 2000 Bible
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

New Heart English Bible
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

World English Bible
My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

American King James Version
My bone sticks to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

American Standard Version
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

A Faithful Version
My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Darby Bible Translation
My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

English Revised Version
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Webster's Bible Translation
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
My bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my flesh, and I haue escaped with the skinne of my teeth.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
My bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my fleshe, onely there is left me the skinne about my teeth.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
My bone hangeth to my skynne, and the flesh is awaye, only there is left me the skynne aboute my teth.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
To my skin and to my flesh "" My bone has cleaved, "" And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.

Young's Literal Translation
To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.

Smith's Literal Translation
My bone cleaved to my skin and to my flesh, and I shall escape with the skin of my teeth.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Since my flesh has been consumed, my bone adheres to my skin, and only my lips have been left around my teeth.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
My skin and my flesh is stuck on my bones and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth

Lamsa Bible
My skin and my flesh cleave to my bones, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
My flesh is corrupt under my skin, and my bones are held in my teeth.
















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