# Job 19.17 **Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/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.** > > 18. 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** ([WEB](/codex/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.** > > 18. 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** ([KJV](/codex/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** > > 18. 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** ([YLT](/codex/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.** > > 18. 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) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet. ## Quoted in **People:** - [Job the Patriarch](/codex/job-the-patriarch/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## 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](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/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. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.