Job 19:17 meaning and explanation

My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.

Job 19:17, Berean Standard Bible

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Job is speaking, answering his friends who have insisted his suffering must be punishment for sin. Having described his abandonment by brothers, servants and even children, he reaches the deepest wound: his breath is repulsive to his wife, and he is loathsome to his own family.

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