Job 23:2
Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
In Context
3Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?
Cross References
Job 7:11And because of this, I will not restrain my mouth. I will speak in the affliction of my spirit. I will converse from the bitterness of my soul.
Job 11:6so that he might reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, and how intricate his law is, and that you would understand how much less he requires of you than your iniquity deserves.
Psalms 77:2I will open my mouth in parables. I will speak about concepts that are from the beginning.
Lamentations 3:28JOD. He shall sit solitary and silent. For he has lifted it upon himself.
Matthew Henry on Job 23:2-8
The Reply of Job to Eliphaz; Job Appeals from Man to God. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the… Read the whole commentary →