KJV King James Version
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 30:18
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
WEB World English Bible
By great force is my garment disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
ASV American Standard Version
By God’s great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me.
Surrounding context — Job 30
15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
18 By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
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Cross-references
Job 2:7So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.Job 19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.Psalm 38:5My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.Isaiah 1:5-6Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
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