Job 19:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

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

King James Bible
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's [sake] of mine own body.

Hebrew
My breath
ר֭וּחִֽי (rū·ḥî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 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 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 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 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 1121: A son

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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