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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Footnotes

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

Accusation against God

16 Now my life is poured out on me;
    days of misery have seized me.
17 At night he bores my bones;
    my gnawing pain won’t rest.
18 With great force he grasps[a] my clothing;[b]
    it binds me like the neck of my shirt.
19 He hurls me into mud;
    I’m a cliché, like dust and ashes.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:18 LXX
  2. Job 30:18 Heb uncertain