Job 30:17
In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
In Context
16And now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
18By the great force my garment is disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
Cross References
Job 7:4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing to and fro to the dawning of the day.
Psalms 6:2Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am withered away. O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presses me severely.
Matthew Henry on Job 30:16-31
Job Complains of His Affliction. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry unto thee,… Read the whole commentary →