Passage

Job 19.17

Book: Job · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

15. They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. 16. I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, Though I entreat him with my mouth.

17. 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. 19. All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me. (Job 19:15-19, ASV)

WEB

15. Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight. 16. I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.

17. My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me. 19. All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me. (Job 19:15-19, WEB)

KJV

15. They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. 16. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

17. My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body. ^{mine: Heb. my belly}

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. ^{young: or, the wicked} 19. All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. ^{my: Heb. the men of my secret} (Job 19:15-19, KJV)

YLT

15. Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes. 16. To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.

17. My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my [mother's] womb.

Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me. 19. Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me. (Job 19:15-19, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

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Job the Patriarch

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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