Job 30:18; "my affliction (disease) bindeth me about as the collar of my (inner) coat"; just as in the preceding clause, "my (outer) garment is changed into affliction "; comprising Job's trials, both those from without and those from within.
Bibliography Information Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'Collar' Fausset's Bible Dictionary". bible-history.com - Fausset's; 1878.