Job 30:17
Good News Translation
At night my bones all ache; the pain that gnaws me never stops.

New Revised Standard Version
The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.

Contemporary English Version
Night chews on my bones, causing endless torment,

New American Bible
At night he pierces my bones, my sinews have no rest.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.

My bones

Job 33:19-21 He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither. . . .

Psalm 6:2-6 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. . . .

Psalm 38:2-8 For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me. . . .

in the night season

Job 7:4 If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When shall I rise? and again, I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness.

Psalm 22:2 O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.

Isaiah 38:13 I hoped till morning, as a lion so hath he broken all my bones: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

Context
Job's Prosperity Becomes Calamity
16And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me. 17In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.18With the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat.…
Cross References
Job 2:7
So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with a very grievous ulcer, from the sole of the foot even to the top of his head:

Job 30:30
My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.

Job 33:19
He rebuketh also by sorrow in the bed, and he maketh all his bones to wither.

Habakkuk 3:16
I have heard and my bowels were troubled: my lips trembled at the voice. Let rottenness enter into my bones, and swarm under me. That I may rest in the day of tribulation: that I may go up to our people that are girded.

Job 30:16
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