Job 19:17
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My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.

Job 19:16
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.

Job 19:18
Even fools despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spoke against me.

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My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.

breath

Job 2:9,10 And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? bless God and die. . . .

Job 17:1 My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me.

body.

Context
Job: My Redeemer Lives
16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth. 17My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.18Even fools despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spoke against me.…
Lexicon
My breath
ר֭וּחִֽי (rū·ḥî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

is repulsive
זָ֣רָה (zā·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery

to my wife,
לְאִשְׁתִּ֑י (lə·’iš·tî)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

and I am loathsome
וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗י (wə·ḥan·nō·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore

to my own family.
לִבְנֵ֥י (liḇ·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son


Additional Translations
My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of my own body.

My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.

And I besought my wife, and earnestly intreated the sons of my concubines.

My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb.

My breath is strange to my wife, and my supplication to the children of my mother's womb.

My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's sake of my own body.

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

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