Job 30:18

NETBible

With great power God 1  grasps my clothing; 2  he binds me like the collar 3  of my tunic.

NIV ©

In his great power God becomes like clothing to me; he binds me like the neck of my garment.

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

With a strong hand, God grabs my garment. He grips me by the collar of my tunic.

MSG ©

I am tied hand and foot, my neck in a noose. I twist and turn.

BBE ©

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

NRSV ©

With violence he seizes my garment; he grasps me by the collar of my tunic.

NKJV ©

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

KJV
By the great
<07230>
force
<03581>
[of my disease] is my garment
<03830>
changed
<02664> (8691)_:
it bindeth me about
<0247> (8799)
as the collar
<06310>
of my coat
<03801>_.
NASB ©
"By a great
<7230>
force
<3581>
my garment
<3830>
is distorted
<2664>
; It binds
<247>
me about as the collar
<6310>
of my coat
<3801>
.
LXXM
en
<1722> 
PREP
pollh
<4183> 
A-DSF
iscui
<2479> 
N-DSF
epelabeto {V-AMI-3S} mou
<1473> 
P-GS
thv
<3588> 
T-GSF
stolhv
<4749> 
N-GSF
wsper
<3746> 
ADV
to
<3588> 
T-ASN
peristomion {N-ASN} tou
<3588> 
T-GSM
citwnov
<5509> 
N-GSM
mou
<1473> 
P-GS
periescen
<4023> 
V-AAI-3S
me
<1473> 
P-AS
NET [draft] ITL
With great
<07227>
power
<03581>
God grasps
<02664>
my clothing
<03830>
; he binds
<0247>
me like the collar
<06310>
of my tunic
<03801>
.
HEBREW
ynrzay
<0247>
ytntk
<03801>
ypk
<06310>
yswbl
<03830>
vpxty
<02664>
xk
<03581>
brb (30:18)
<07227>
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.”