Job 30:18
By the great force my garment is disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.
19He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
Cross References
Job 2:7So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD, and smote Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.
Job 19:20My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Isaiah 1:5Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Matthew Henry on Job 30:16-31
Job Complains of His Affliction. ( b. c. 1520.) 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,… Read the whole commentary →