Job 30:17 “Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.”

Job 30:17

Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

World English Bible

In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

American Standard Version

In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

Geneva Bible 1599

It pearceth my bones in the night, and my sinewes take no rest.

Darby Translation

The night pierceth through my bones [and detacheth them] from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest:

Young's Literal Translation

At night my bone hath been pierced in me, And mine eyelids do not lie down.

Bible in Basic English

The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.

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Cross references

“My bones”

Job 33:19–21 Psalm 6:2–6 Psalm 38:2–8

Job 33:19–21 · BSB

A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

Psalm 6:2–6 · BSB

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

Psalm 38:2–8 · BSB

For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

“in the night season”

Job 7:4 Psalm 22:2 Isaiah 38:13

Job 7:4 · BSB

When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

Psalm 22:2 · BSB

I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

Isaiah 38:13 · BSB

I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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.

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