Job 30:17
Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
Majority Standard Bible
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 grip me.
18With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
Cross References
Job 7:4When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
Psalms 6:2Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down 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 →