Job 30:17
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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.

Lexicon
Night
לַ֗יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity

pierces
נִקַּ֣ר (niq·qar)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5365: To bore, pick, dig

my bones,
עֲ֭צָמַי (‘ă·ṣā·may)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

and my gnawing pains
וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י (wə·‘ō·rə·qay)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6207: To gnaw, eat, a pain

never
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

rest.
יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ (yiš·kā·ḇūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down


Additional Translations
Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

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

And by night my bones are confounded; and my sinews are relaxed.

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

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

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

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

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