Job 30:17
In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.
American Standard 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 [God`s] great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth 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 tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Psalms 6:2Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.
Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
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 →