Job 30:18

“With great force my garment is disfigured; like the collar of my tunic it binds me.”

Job 30:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 30:18, word by word

With greatרָבrav

great

Of great size or power; the one who stands out.

Where else “rav” appears
forceכֹּחַkoach

strength

Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.

Where else “koach” appears
my garmentלְבוּשִׁlevushi

garment

Garment, clothing.

Where else “levushi” appears
is disfiguredיִתְחַפֵּשׂyitchapes

disguise

To change one's look so as not to be recognized.

Where else “yitchapes” appears
like the collarפִיfi

opening

Literally "mouth": the hole or rim of something, like a well or sack.

Where else “fi” appears
of my tunicכֻתָּנְתִּchutanti

tunic, robe

Tunic, robe: a long garment covering the body.

Where else “chutanti” appears
it binds meיַאַזְרֵyaazre

gird

To gird: to fasten clothing or weapons at the waist for work or for battle; figuratively, to be filled with strength.

Where else “yaazre” appears

Translation note

Verse of uncertain meaning.

The context

17By night my bones are pierced in me, and those gnawing me do not lie down.

18 · This verse (above)

19He has cast me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

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