Job 30:17
The night pierceth through my bones [and detacheth them] from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest:
Darby Translation
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 in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
18By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat.
Cross References
Job 7:4If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.
Psalms 6:2Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am withered; Jehovah, heal me, for my bones tremble.
Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon 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 →