Job 23:2
Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
In Context
1And Job answereth and saith: —
3O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
Cross References
Job 7:11Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 11:6And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.
Psalms 77:2In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted.
Lamentations 3:28He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon 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 →