Job 30:18
ContextNETBible | With great power God 1 grasps my clothing; 2 he binds me like the collar 3 of my tunic. |
NIV © biblegateway Job 30:18 |
In his great power God becomes like clothing to me; he binds me like the neck of my garment. |
NASB © biblegateway Job 30:18 |
"By a great force my garment is distorted; It binds me about as the collar of my coat. |
NLT © biblegateway Job 30:18 |
With a strong hand, God grabs my garment. He grips me by the collar of my tunic. |
MSG © biblegateway Job 30:18 |
I am tied hand and foot, my neck in a noose. I twist and turn. |
BBE © SABDAweb Job 30:18 |
With great force he takes a grip of my clothing, pulling me by the neck of my coat. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 30:18 |
With violence he seizes my garment; he grasps me by the collar of my tunic. |
NKJV © biblegateway Job 30:18 |
By great force my garment is disfigured; It binds me about as the collar of my coat. |
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NETBible | With great power God 1 grasps my clothing; 2 he binds me like the collar 3 of my tunic. |
NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 2 tc This whole verse is difficult. The first problem is that this verb in the MT means “is disguised [or disfigured],” indicating that Job’s clothes hang loose on him. But many take the view that the verb is a phonetic variant of חָבַשׁ (khavash, “to bind; to seize”) and that the Hitpael form is a conflation of the third and second person because of the interchange between them in the passage (R. Gordis, Job, 335). The commentaries list a number of conjectural emendations, but the image in the verse is probably that God seizes Job by the garment and throws him down. 3 tn The phrase “like the collar” is difficult, primarily because their tunics did not have collars. A translation of “neck” would suit better. Some change the preposition to בּ (bet), getting a translation “by the neck of my tunic.” |