Job 23:2
1 Then Job answered:
“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3 If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
- KJV
- Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
- WEB
- “Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
- ASV
- Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
- DARBY
- Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
- BLB
- “Even this day my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy upon my groaning.
- ÅB
- Enda idag gjelder min klage for å være gjenstridighet; min hånd hviler dog tungt på mitt sukk[^1].
- OTB
- «Også i dag er min klage bitter;
Hans hånd er tung til tross for min sukk. - B1930
- Ennu idag gjelder min klage for å være gjenstridighet; min hånd hviler dog tungt på mitt sukk. / < d.e. jeg søker dog å dempe min klage.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 10:1
“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Read in contextJob 7:11
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Read in contextPsalms 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
Read in contextJob 6:2–3
“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
Read in contextPsalms 77:2–9
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
Read in contextLamentations 3:19–20
Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
Read in contextJob 11:6
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
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