Job 23:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.”
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““Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Also--to-day <FI>is<Fi> my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 23:2 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 6:2“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
- Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 11:6and 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.
- Psalms 32:4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
- Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Lamentations 3:19Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
- Lamentations 3:28Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him.
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