Job 30:17

“By night my bones are pierced in me, and those gnawing me do not lie down.”

Job 30:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 30:17, word by word

By nightלַיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

Where else “layla” appears
my bonesעֲצָמַatsama

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

Where else “atsama” appears
are piercedנִקַּרnikar

gouge out, bore

Bore through, dig out; said of the eyes, gouge them out.

Where else “nikar” appears
and those gnawing meעֹרְקַorka

gnaw

To gnaw; also, what gnaws: a pain that does not stop.

Where else “orka” appears
lie downיִשְׁכָּבוּyishkavu

lie down

To lie down to sleep or rest.

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The context

16And now within me my soul is poured out; days of affliction seize me.

17 · This verse (above)

18With great force my garment is disfigured; like the collar of my tunic it binds me.

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