Job 30:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 30:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 30:17 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 30:17 — KJV
“My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.”
— Job 30:17 (KJV)
Job 30:17 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 30:17
“O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. am...: Heb. there is no silence to me”
Shares key themes with Job 30:17: night, season, rest
“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.”
Shares key themes with Job 30:17: night, take, rest
“As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. their lives...: Chaldee, a prolonging in life was given them”
Shares key themes with Job 30:17: season, take, rest
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night”
Shares key themes with Job 30:17: night, season
“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Woman: Heb. Isha Man: Heb. Ish”
Shares key themes with Job 30:17: bones, take
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