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Job 23:2

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

KJV

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

Vulgate

Καὶ δὴ οἶδα ὅτι ἐκ χειρός μου ἡ ἔλεγξίς ἐστιν, καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖα γέγονεν ἐπ’ ἐμῷ στεναγμῷ.

LXX

Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

ASV

גַּם הַ֭/יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑/י יָ֝דִ֗/י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל אַנְחָתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
י
y
noun · 11×
י
y
noun · 14×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
מְרִ֖י
mry
noun · 22×
נִכְבָּ֔ד
nkbd
verb · 115×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 7:11 — Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Job 10:1 — My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Ps 6:6 — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
  • Ps 32:4 — For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.