By a great force my garment is misshapen; it binds me about like the collar of my coat, describing how Job's physical affliction has visibly transformed his body, suggested by the misshaping of his garment. The great force suggests the intensity of the forces affecting him. The binding about like a collar suggests constriction and suffocation. The verse employs clothing metaphor to suggest the visible manifestation of inner suffering.

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