Job 23:2
Even hayom (today) is my complaint bitter; 1 my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
In Context
1Then Iyov answered and said, 1
3Oh that I knew where I might find Him! 1 That I might come even to His techunah (abode)! 1
Cross References
Job 7:11Therefore I will not curb my mouth; 1 I will speak in the anguish of my ruach; 1 I will complain in the mar (bitterness) of my nefesh. 1
Job 11:6And that He would show thee the secrets of chochmah, 1 that tushiyyah (true wisdom) has two sides! 1 Have da'as therefore that Eloah forgetteth 1 much of thy avon. 1
Psalms 77:2I cried unto Elohim with my voice, 1 even unto Elohim with my voice; and He gave ear unto me. 1
Lamentations 3:28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, 1 because He hath laid it upon him. 1
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 →