Job 30:18
By the sheer number of them my clothing is worn away, and they have closed in on me like the collar of my coat.
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In The King James Version
In Context
17At night, my bone is pierced with sorrows, and those who feed on me, do not sleep.
19I have been treated like dirt, and I have been turned into embers and ashes.
Cross References
Job 2:7And so, Satan departed from the face of the Lord and he struck Job with a very serious ulcer from the sole of the foot all the way to the crown of his head.
Job 19:20Since my flesh has been consumed, my bone adheres to my skin, and only my lips have been left around my teeth.
Isaiah 1:5For what reason shall I continue to strike you, as you increase transgressions? The entire head is feeble, and the entire heart is grieving.
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 →