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Job 30:17 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Job 30:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 30 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.”
Job 30:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 30:17
My bones are pierced in me in the night season (לַיְלָה עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָי)—The verb naqar (נָקַר) means to pierce, bore through, or dig out; atsam (עֶצֶם) means bones, the body's structural framework. Job's skeletal system—what gives him shape and support—is being hollowed out, pierced through. Night intensifies suffering when darkness amplifies pain and prevents distraction. The psalmist echoes this: 'my bones are vexed' (Psalm 6:2); Christ's bones were 'out of joint' on the cross (Psalm 22:14).My sinews take no rest (וְעֹרְקַי לֹא יִשְׁכָּבוּן)—Araq (עֹרֵק) means sinews, gnawing pains, ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 30:17
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“with continual strife in his bones;”
“I say”
“I cry in the daytime”
“Yahweh”
“I reckoned till morning”
“your hand presses hard on me.”