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Job 30:18

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My garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic.

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Verse 18. Coat. The worms are so numerous, ( Menochius.) or my enemies pour upon me. Calmet.—Septuagint “with great power He (God; Prot. my disease) has seized me by the garment.” Theodotion adds, “He has taken hold of me like the collar of my tunic:” ( Bible.) which corresponds with our shirt, and had an opening at the top. Calmet.

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