Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“By a great force my garment is distorted;
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.

King James Version

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

Holman Bible

My clothing is distorted with great force;
He chokes me by the neck of my garment.

International Standard Version

My clothes are disheveled by his forceful treatment of me; he restricts my movement like the collar of my cloak.

A Conservative Version

By the great force my garment is disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.

American Standard Version

By God's great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

Amplified


“By the great force [of my disease] my garment (skin) is disfigured and blemished;
It binds about me [choking me] like the collar of my coat.

Bible in Basic English

With great force he takes a grip of my clothing, pulling me by the neck of my coat.

Darby Translation

By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat.

Julia Smith Translation

By the multitude of power my clothing will be disguised: it will gird me about as the mouth of my coat

King James 2000

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it binds me about as the collar of my coat.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He seizes my clothing with {great power}; he grasps me by my tunic's collar.

Modern King James verseion

By the great force of my disease my clothing is exposed; it binds me about like the mouth of my coat.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

With all their power have they changed my garment, and girded me therewith, as it were with a coat.

NET Bible

With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.

New Heart English Bible

By great force is my garment disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.

The Emphasized Bible

Most effectually, is my skin disfigured, - Like the collar of my tunic, it girdeth me about:

Webster

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

World English Bible

By great force is my garment disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.

Youngs Literal Translation

By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
By the great
רב 
Rob 
Usage: 153

כּוח כּח 
Koach 
Usage: 126

of my disease is my garment
לבשׁ לבוּשׁ 
L@buwsh 
Usage: 32

חפשׂ 
Chaphas 
Usage: 23

it bindeth me about
אזר 
'azar 
Usage: 16

as the collar
פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

17 “At night it pierces my bones within me,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.
18 “By a great force my garment is distorted;
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
19 “He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.

Cross References

Job 2:7

Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

Job 7:5

“My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt,
My skin hardens and runs.

Job 19:20

“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

Psalm 38:5

My wounds grow foul and fester
Because of my folly.

Isaiah 1:5-6

Where will you be stricken again,
As you continue in your rebellion?
The whole head is sick
And the whole heart is faint.

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