New International Version
Job 30:17
17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no 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 overwhelm me; my dignity is driven away as by the wind, my safety vanishes like a cloud. 16“And now my life ebbs away; days of suffering grip me. Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never rest. 18In his great power God becomes like clothing to me; he binds me like the neck of my garment. 19He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
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לַ֗יְלָה עֲ֭צָמַי נִקַּ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 30:17
- Job 33:19“Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones,
- Psalms 6:2Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
- Psalms 38:2Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.
- Job 7:4When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
- Psalms 22:2My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
- Isaiah 38:13I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me.
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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