Job 30:18

Job 30:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
• New International Version (NIV)In his great power God becomes like clothing to me; he binds me like the neck of my garment.
• English Standard Version (ESV)With great force my garment is disfigured; it binds me about like the collar of my tunic.
• New King James Version (NKJV)By great force my garment is disfigured; It binds me about as the collar of my coat.

Context of Job 30:18

16Now I know that my life will soon end. Every day I continue to suffer. 17At night, my bones are painful. The pain is always there in my body. God has used his power to take hold of me. He has held my shirt around my neck. 19He has thrown me down into the mud. I am no better than dust and ashes on the ground. 20I call aloud to you, God, but you do not answer me. When I stand to pray, you only look at me.

Job 30:18 word by word

בְּרָב־כֹּ֭חַ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ לְבוּשִׁ֑י כְּפִ֖י כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• By the greatרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• forceכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• is my garmentלְבוּשׁlebûsh lebûsh · clothingH3830
• changedחָפַשׂchâphaώ · to searchH2664
• it bindeth me aboutאָזַר'âzar · to girdH247
• as the collarפֶּהpeh · lip: edgeH6310
• of my coatכֻּתֹּ֫נֶתkethôneth kûttôneth · tunicH3801

Cross-references for Job 30:18

• Job 2:7So Satan went away. He caused Job to have boils all over his body. They hurt him everywhere, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.
• Job 7:5There are worms all over my body. All of my skin is painful. There are dirty sores all over it.
• Job 19:20My body is now only skin and bones. I still breathe but I am only just alive.
• Psalms 38:5My wounds make a bad smell, and they get worse. This is because I have done stupid things.
• Isaiah 1:5You continue to fight against God. Why do you do that? God will continue to punish you. You are weak and you hurt all over. Your mind and your body have great pain.

Commentaries on Job 30:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Is my garment changed - There seem to be here plain allusions to the effect of his cruel disease; the whole body being enveloped with a kind of elephantine hide, formed by innumerable incrustations from the ulcerated surface. It bindeth me about - There is now a new kind of covering to my body, formed by the effects of this disease; and it is not a garment which I can cast off; it is as closely attached to me as the collar of my coat. Or, my disease…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18By the great force of my disease - The words “of my disease” are not in the Hebrew. The usual interpretation of the passage is, that in consequence of the foul and offensive nature of his malady, his garment had become discolored or defiled - changed from being white and clear to filthiness and offensiveness. Some have understood it as referring to the skin, and as denoting that it was so affected with the leprosy, that he could scarcely be recognized…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-31Verses 15-31 Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul is hurried as in a tempest, and is filled with confusion. But woe be to those who really have God for an enemy! Compared with the awful state of ungodly men, what are all outward, or even inward temporal afflictions? There is something with which Job comforts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18He seizes me by the collar: The Hebrew in this verse is hard to translate. It might mean Job feels like God is choking him and he is a throw him into the mud (compare 30:19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2316-23. Job's outward calamities affect his mind. poured out--in irrepressible complaints (Psa 42:4; Jos 7:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 30:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Pain

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Commentaries on Job 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary