Job 30:17
By night my bones are pierced; they are torn from me, And my gnawers take no rest.
Noyes 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 poureth itself out upon me; Days of affliction have taken hold of me.
Cross References
Job 7:4If I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of restlessness until the dawning of the day.
Psalms 6:2Have pity upon me, O LORD! for I am weak; Heal me, O LORD! for my bones tremble!
Psalms 38:2For thine arrows have deeply pierced me, And thy hand hath been heavy 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 →