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Suffering as a Garment
Commentators explain that the most powerful meaning here is metaphorical. Job's pain and disease have become his clothing, wrapping around him completely. The phrase 'as the collar of my coat' emphasizes how tightly this suffering constricts him, feeling inescapable and suffocating. It's a profound image of being totally consumed by affliction.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 30:18
18th Century
Theologian
By the great force of my disease - The words “of my disease” are not in the Hebrew. The usual interpretation of the passage is that, as a co…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 30:18
19th Century
Bishop
My garment changed. —Some render “By His (i.e., God’s) great power the garment (of my skin) is disfigured;” and others, “With grea…
John Gill
On Job 30:18
17th Century
Pastor
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed
Either the colour of it, through the purulent matter from h…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 30:15–31
17th Century
Minister
Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin that, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join wit…