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16 Now I know that my life will soon end.
    Every day I continue to suffer.
17 At night, my bones are painful.
    The pain is always there in my body.
18 God has used his power to take hold of me.
    He has held my shirt around my neck.

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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.

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Footnotes

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