16 Now my life is poured out before me,
and days of suffering(A) have seized me.
17 Night pierces my bones,
but my gnawing pains never rest.(B)
18 My clothing is distorted with great force;
he chokes me by the neck of my garment.[a]
19 He throws me into the mud,
and I have become like dust and ashes.(C)

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  1. 30:18 Hb obscure

16 Now my life is poured out before my eyes,
and days of suffering(A) have seized me.
17 Night pierces my bones,
but my gnawing pains never rest.(B)
18 My clothing is distorted with great force;
He chokes me by the neck of my garment.[a]
19 He throws me into the mud,
and I have become like dust and ashes.(C)

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  1. Job 30:18 Hb obscure

16 “And now my life ebbs away;(A)
    days of suffering grip me.(B)
17 Night pierces my bones;
    my gnawing pains never rest.(C)
18 In his great power(D) God becomes like clothing to me[a];
    he binds me like the neck of my garment.
19 He throws me into the mud,(E)
    and I am reduced to dust and ashes.(F)

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  1. Job 30:18 Hebrew; Septuagint power he grasps my clothing