Job 23:2
“Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, || My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
In Context
3O that I had known—and I find Him, || I come to His seat,
Cross References
Job 7:11Also I do not withhold my mouth—I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 11:6And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.
Psalms 77:2I sought the Lord in a day of my distress, || My hand has been spread out by night, || And it does not cease, || My soul has refused to be comforted.
Lamentations 3:28He sits alone, and is silent, || For He has laid [it] on him.
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 →