Job 30:17
At night my bones are in agony; the pain gnaws at me and never stops.
Free Bible 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 life is ebbing away; every day despair grips me.
18God grabs me roughly by my clothes; he pulls me by the collar of my shirt.
Cross References
Job 7:4When I go to bed I ask, ‘When shall I get up?’ But the night goes on and on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
Psalms 6:2Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak; heal me, Lord, for I am sick to the bone.
Psalms 38:2Your arrows have pierced me deeply, your hand has come down hard on 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 →