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The Book of Job, Chapter 30, Verse 18

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17
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
King James Version
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed: it bindeth 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.
New English Translation
With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.
World English Bible
By great force is my garment disfigured. It binds 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, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
21
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
22
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride [upon it], and dissolvest my substance.
23
For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.
24
Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?
26
When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
28
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation.