18By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-31)In this second part of Job’s complaint, which is very bitter, and has a great many sorrowful accents in it, we may observe a great deal that he complains of and some little that he comforts himself with. I. Here is much that he complains of. 1. In general, it was a day of great affliction and sorrow. (1.) Affliction seized him, and surprised him. It seized him (Job 30:16): The days of affliction h…
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