Job 30:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

By [God's] great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּרָב־כֹּ֭חַ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ לְבוּשִׁ֑י כְּפִ֖י כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי

Transliteration

By rāḇ-kōaḥ it yiṯḥappēś my ləḇûšî, like pî my ḵuttāntî it yaʾazrēnî

Grammar Details

*bə-rāḇ-kōaḥ*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct with noun, masculine singular - by great strength/force
*yiṯḥappēś*: verb, hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it disguises itself/changes form
*ləḇûšî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my garment
*kə-p̄î*: preposition of comparison with noun, masculine singular construct - like mouth of/opening of
*ḵuttāntî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my tunic/coat
*yaʾazrēnî*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - it girds me/binds me

Word Meanings

*rāḇ-kōaḥ*: great strength/great force/great power
*yiṯḥappēś*: disguises itself/changes form/is disfigured
*ləḇûšî*: my garment/my clothing
*pî*: mouth of/opening of/collar of
*ḵuttāntî*: my tunic/my coat/my undergarment
*yaʾazrēnî*: girds me/binds me/surrounds me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 2:7 : 7 So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Job 7:5 : 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
Job 19:20 : 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Ps 38:5 : 5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
Isa 1:5-6 : 5 Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.

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