New Living Translation
Job 23:2
2“My complaint today is still a bitter one, and I try hard not to groan aloud.
Job 23:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
- New International Version (NIV)“Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my groaning.
Context of Job 23:2
1Then Job spoke again: “My complaint today is still a bitter one, and I try hard not to groan aloud. 3If only I knew where to find God, I would go to his court. 4I would lay out my case and present my arguments.
Read all of Job 23Job 23:2 word by word
גַּם־הַ֭יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑י יָ֝דִ֗י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 23:2
- Job 6:2“If my misery could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,
- Job 10:1“I am disgusted with my life. Let me complain freely. My bitter soul must complain.
- Lamentations 3:19The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.
- Psalms 77:2When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted.
- Job 11:6If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is not a simple matter. Listen! God is doubtless punishing you far less than you deserve!
Commentaries on Job 23:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Even to-day is my complaint bitter - Job goes on to maintain his own innocence, and shows that he has derived neither conviction nor consolation from the discourses of his friends. He grants that his complaint is bitter; but states that, loud as it may be, the affliction which he endures is heavier than his complaints are loud. Mr. Good translates: "And still is my complaint rebellion?" Do ye construe my lamentations over my unparalleled sufferings as…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Even to-day - At the present time. I am not relieved. You afford me no consolation. All that you say only aggravates my woes. My complaint - See the notes at Job 21:3. Bitter - Sad, melancholy, distressing. The meaning is, not that he made bitter complaints in the sense which those words would naturally convey, or that he meant to find fault with God, but that his case was a hard one. His friends furnished him no relief, and he had in vain endeavored to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Job released his earlier doubts (9:14–20, 32). Now he expresses confidence that he could present his complaint to God with success.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-17THIRD SERIES. 2. to-day--implying, perhaps, that the debate was carried on through more days than one (see Introduction). bitter--(Job 7:11; 10:1). my stroke--the hand of God on me (Margin, Job 19:21; Psa 32:4). heavier than--is so heavy that I cannot relieve myself adequately by groaning.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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