Job

Job 30:17–18

¹⁷Night pierces my bones,

and my gnawing pains never rest.

¹⁸With great force He grasps my garment;^d

He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

Footnotes

d 30:18 LXX; Hebrew He becomes like a garment to me or my garment is disfigured

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Night	לַ֗יְלָה	lay·lāh	Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
pierces	נִקַּ֣ר	niq·qar	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5365 bore, pick, dig
my bones	עֲ֭צָמַי	‘ă·ṣā·may	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H6106 bone, substance, self
and my gnawing pains	וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י	wə·‘ō·rə·qay	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6207 gnaw
never	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
rest	יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃	yiš·kā·ḇūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H7901 lie down

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
With great	בְּרָב־	bə·rāḇ-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7227 much, many, great
force	כֹּ֭חַ	kō·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H3581 strength, power
He grasps	יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ	yiṯ·ḥap·pêś	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2664 search
my garment	לְבוּשִׁ֑י	lə·ḇū·šî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3830 garment, clothing, raiment
He seizes me	יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃	ya·’az·rê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H247 gird, encompass, equip
by the collar	כְּפִ֖י	kə·p̄î	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6310 mouth
of my tunic	כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י	ḵut·tā·nə·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H3801 tunic

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 30:17 Psalm 22:2 · Psalm 6:2–6 · Isaiah 38:13 · Job 33:19–21 · Job 7:4

Job 30:18 Job 2:7 · Job 7:5 · Job 19:20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.