Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

My skin and my 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.

King James Version

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with 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."

A Conservative Version

My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I have 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.

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

My bones are joined to my skin, and I have got away with my flesh in my teeth.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

My bone cleaved to my skin and to my flesh, and I shall escape with the skin of my teeth.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

My bone hangeth to my skin, and my flesh is away; there is left me only the skin about my teeth.

NET Bible

My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only 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.

The Emphasized Bible

Unto my skin and unto my flesh, have my bones cleaved, and I have escaped with the akin of my teeth.

Webster

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with 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.

Youngs Literal Translation

To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
My bone
עצם 
`etsem 
Usage: 126

דּבק 
Dabaq 
Usage: 54

to my skin
עור 
`owr 
Usage: 99

and to my flesh
בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

and I am escaped
מלט 
Malat 
Usage: 95

with the skin
עור 
`owr 
Usage: 99

References

Hastings

Context Readings

I Am Forgotten

19 All of my best friends despise me,
and those I love have turned against me.
20 My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;
I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
for God’s hand has struck me.



Cross References

Psalm 102:5

Because of the sound of my groaning,
my flesh sticks to my bones.

Lamentations 4:8

ח KhetNow they appear darker than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
it has become dry like wood.

Job 2:4-6

“Skin for skin!” Satan answered the Lord. “A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.

Job 7:5

My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.
My skin forms scabs and then oozes.

Job 30:30

My skin blackens and flakes off,
and my bones burn with fever.

Job 33:19-22

A person may be disciplined on his bed with pain
and constant distress in his bones,

Psalm 22:14-17

I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are disjointed;
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.

Psalm 38:3

There is no health in my body
because of Your indignation;
there is no strength in my bones
because of my sin.

Psalm 102:3

For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.

Lamentations 3:4

ב BetHe has worn away my flesh and skin;
He has shattered my bones.

Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is as hot as an oven
from the ravages of hunger.

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