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Job 19:20
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Job 19:20
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 My bones cling to my skin,
and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.[a]
Footnotes
- 19:20 Skin of my teeth: although the metaphor is not clear, this has become a proverbial expression for a narrow escape. It does not fit Job’s situation here.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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