Job 23:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:1 : 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Job 11:6 : 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
  • Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed [as] with the drought of summer. {{Selah
  • Ps 77:2-9 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {{Selah 4 Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5 I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times. 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search. 7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more? 8 Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? {{Selah
  • Lam 3:19-20 : 19 Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
  • Job 6:2-3 : 2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.
  • Job 7:11 : 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.

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