Job 30:17
At night, my bone is pierced with sorrows, and those who feed on me, do not sleep.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
In Context
16But now my soul withers within myself, and the days of affliction take hold of me.
Cross References
Job 7:4If I lie down to sleep, I will say, “When will I rise?” And next I will hope for the evening and will be filled with sorrows even until darkness.
Psalms 6:2O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your anger.
Psalms 38:2I said, “I will keep to my ways, so that I will not offend with my tongue.” I posted a guard at my mouth, when a sinner took up a position against me.
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 →