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Job 30

Job 30:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My bones
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
are pierced
naqar (Hebrew #5365)
to bore (penetrate, quarry)
KJV usage: dig, pick out, pierce, put (thrust) out.
Pronounce: naw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
in me in the night season
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
: and my sinews
'araq (Hebrew #6207)
to gnaw, i.e. (figuratively) eat (by hyberbole); also (participle) a pain
KJV usage: fleeing, sinew.
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
take no rest
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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My bones.
Job 33:19‑21• 19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;
 20And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;
 21His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out; (Job 33:19‑21)
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Psa. 6:2‑6• 2Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am withered; Jehovah, heal me, for my bones tremble.
 3And my soul trembleth exceedingly: and thou, Jehovah, till how long?
 4Return, Jehovah, free my soul; save me for thy loving-kindness' sake.
 5For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who shall give thanks unto thee?
 6I am wearied with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears. (Psa. 6:2‑6)
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Psa. 38:2‑8• 2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.
 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin.
 4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
 5My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.
 6I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.
 7For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
 8I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart. (Psa. 38:2‑8)
in the night season.
Job 7:4• 4If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn. (Job 7:4)
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Psa. 22:2• 2My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me: (Psa. 22:2)
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Isa. 38:13• 13I kept still until the morning; … as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me. (Isa. 38:13)
• The nights are no better, for the gnawing disease does not sleep as it bares his bones out of his very flesh. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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