Job 30:17
In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
In Context
16“Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me.
18My garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic.
Cross References
Job 7:4When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
Psalms 6:2Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint. LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Psalms 38:2For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses 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 →