Job 30:17

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

Night pierces my bones from upon me, and my gnawing pains will not lie down.

Latin

Nocte os meum perforatur doloribus, et qui me comedunt, non dormiunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Job 29:1–31:40

Job 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).

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Psalm 22:2
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Job 33:19–21
A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
Psalm 6:2–6
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
Job 7:4
When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
Isaiah 38:13
I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
Psalm 38:2–8
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

Glossary

Book of Job God, Names of

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Pain: General Scriptures Concerning Sinews: General Scriptures Concerning

Job 30:17

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