English Standard Version
Job 30:17
17The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.
Job 30:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
- New International Version (NIV)Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never rest.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My bones are pierced in me at night, And my gnawing pains take no rest.
- New Living Translation (NLT)At night my bones are filled with pain, which gnaws at me relentlessly.
Context of Job 30:17
15Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud. 16"And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me. The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest. 18With great force my garment is disfigured; it binds me about like the collar of my tunic. 19God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
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לַ֗יְלָה עֲ֭צָמַי נִקַּ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 30:17
- Job 33:19"Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed and with continual strife in his bones,
- Psalms 6:2Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
- Psalms 38:2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
- Job 7:4When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn.
- Psalms 22:2O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
- Isaiah 38:13I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.
Commentaries on Job 30:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17My bones are pierced in me - The bones are often represented in the Scriptures as the seat of acute pain; Psalm 6:2; Psalm 22:14; Psalm 31:10; Psalm 38:3; Psalm 42:10; Proverbs 14:30; compare Job 20:11. The meaning here is, that he had had shooting or piercing pains in the night, which disturbed and prevented his rest. It is mentioned as a special aggravation of his sufferings that they were “in the night” - a time when we expect repose. And my sinews…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-31Verses 15-31 Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin which did, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join with outward calamities, the soul is hurried as in a tempest, and is filled with confusion. But woe be to those who really have God for an enemy! Compared with the awful state of ungodly men, what are all outward, or even inward temporal afflictions? There is something with which Job comforts…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2316-23. Job's outward calamities affect his mind. poured out--in irrepressible complaints (Psa 42:4; Jos 7:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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