Job 23:2
Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 come even to his throne?
Cross References
Job 7:11Wherefore I will not spare my month, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul.
Job 11:6That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth.
Psalms 77:2I cried to the Lord with my voice; to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.
Lamentations 3:28Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up 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 →