Job 19:20 Meaning and Explanation
“My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.”
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What Does Job 19:20 Mean?
Job describes his ravaged body: emaciated until his bones press against his skin, he has survived only by the skin of my teeth, an idiom for the narrowest of escapes. He clings to life by the thinnest margin, more dead than alive yet still breathing.
This vivid picture of a body wasting away makes Job's coming confession all the more remarkable. From within failing flesh he will declare that in his flesh he shall see God. Mortal frailty is real, and Scripture never denies it, but it is not the end of the story for those who hope in the Lord. The God who keeps a man alive by the skin of his teeth is preparing him for resurrection.
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What does Job 19:20 mean?
Job is so wasted that his bones cling to his skin, and he has barely escaped with his life.