Job 23:2

Modern

“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Traditional

Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Literal

“Even this day my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy upon my groaning.

Latin

Nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus, et manus plagæ meæ aggravata est super gemitum meum.

Hebrew

English

“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Job released his earlier doubts (9:14–20, 32). Now he expresses confidence that he could present his complaint to God with success.

Job 10:1
“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalm 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
Job 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.
Psalm 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.
Lamentations 3:19–20
Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
Job 6:2–3
“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
Job 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.