Job 30:17
[At] night my bone has been pierced in me, || And my gnawing [pain] does not lie down.
Literal 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, in me my soul pours itself out, || Days of affliction seize me.
18By the abundance of power, || Is my clothing changed, || As the mouth of my coat it girds me.
Cross References
Job 7:4If I lay down, then I have said, When do I rise, || And evening has been measured? And I have been full of tossings until dawn.
Psalms 6:2Favor me, O YHWH, for I [am] weak, || Heal me, O YHWH, || For my bones have been troubled,
Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have come down on me, || And You let down Your hand 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 →