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Job 23:2 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Job 23:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 23 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. stroke: Heb. hand”
Job 23:2 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 23:2
Even to day is my complaint bitter (גַּם־הַיּוֹם מְרִי שִׂחִי, gam-hayyom meri sichi)—The word מְרִי (meri) derives from מָרָה (marah, 'to be bitter/rebellious'), the same root as Marah, the bitter waters (Exodus 15:23). Job's שִׂיחַ (siach, 'complaint/meditation') remains מְרִי—not sinfully rebellious but honestly bitter. The phrase even to day emphasizes ongoing suffering without relief.My stroke is heavier than my groaning (כָּבֵד יָדִי עַל־אַנְחָתִי)—literally 'my hand is heavy upon my groaning.' The Hebrew יָד (yad, 'hand') likely refers to God's hand afflicting Job, though some interpret...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 23:2
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“For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.”
“And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom”
“and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.”
“the wormwood and the gall.”