What does Job 19:20 mean?

Job 19:20 highlights themes such as suffering, desperation, survival when read in context.

How should I apply Job 19:20 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

19All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

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Psalm 22:15
Both verses express a deep sense of physical suffering and desperation.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
These verses discuss being hard-pressed but not crushed, similar to Job's struggle.
Hebrews 11:34
This passage speaks of those who escaped the edge of the sword, paralleling Job's survival.