Job 19:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Young's Literal Translation
To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.

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

Hebrew
My skin
בְּעוֹרִ֣י (bə·‘ō·w·rî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5785: Skin, hide, leather

and flesh
וּ֭בִבְשָׂרִי (ū·ḇiḇ·śā·rî)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

cling
דָּבְקָ֣ה (dā·ḇə·qāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit

to my bones;
עַצְמִ֑י (‘aṣ·mî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

I have escaped
וָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗ה (wā·’eṯ·mal·lə·ṭāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

by the skin
בְּע֣וֹר (bə·‘ō·wr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5785: Skin, hide, leather

of my teeth.
שִׁנָּֽי׃ (šin·nāy)
Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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