By the great force [of my disease] is my
garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
BSB
With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
WEB
By great force is my garment disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
YLT
By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me.
F.O.G Original
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F.O.G MSG
¹⁸God’s violent force grabs my clothing;
He chokes me like the collar of my tunicᶜ.
Footnotes:
¹⁸ᶜ Collar of my tunic: Job feels like God is grabbing him by the throat through his clothing, describing the intensity of divine judgment he’s experiencing.