Job 30:30 - Exposition

My skin is black upon me (see the comment on Job 30:28 , Job 30:29 , ad init. ), and my bones are burned with heat . The "burning pains" in the bones, which characterize at least one form of elephantiasis, have been already mentioned (see the comment on Job 30:17 ). In ordinary elephantiasis there is often "intense pain in the lumbar region and groin," which the patient might think to be in his bones.