Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Even today my complaint is contentious;
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Holman Bible
His
International Standard Version
"I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning.
A Conservative Version
Even today my complaint is rebellious. My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
American Standard Version
Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Bible in Basic English
Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.
Darby Translation
Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Julia Smith Translation
Also to-day is my complaint bitter: my hand heavy over my groaning,
King James 2000
Even today is my complaint bitter: my hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Even today my complaint [is] bitter; my hand is heavy in addition to my groaning.
Modern King James verseion
Even today is my complaint bitter; my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"My saying is yet this day in bitterness, and my hand heavy among my groanings.
NET Bible
"Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.
New Heart English Bible
"Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
The Emphasized Bible
Even to-day, is my complaint rebellion? His hand, is heavier than my groaning.
Webster
Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
World English Bible
"Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
Youngs Literal Translation
Also -- to-day is my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
Interlinear
Yowm
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 23:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
1
Then Job answered and said,
2
“Even today my complaint is contentious;
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!
Names
Cross References
Job 10:1
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 6:2-3
“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighed
And placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!
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 [O Lord].
Job 11:6
And [that He would] show you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom
Know therefore that God forgets a part of your wickedness and guilt.
Psalm 32:4
For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;
My
Psalm 77:2-9
In the day of my trouble I [desperately] sought the Lord;
In the night my hand was
My soul refused to be comforted.
Lamentations 3:19-20
Remember [O Lord] my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall (bitterness).