Job 30:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And thepainsthat gnaw me take no rest.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 30:17 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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