Job 23:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Even today my complaint is bitter; my suffering is heavier than my groaning.

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  • Job 10:1 : 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Job 11:6 : 6 And that He would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double what is! Know therefore that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
  • Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality turned into 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 did not rest; my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. 4 You hold my eyes wide awake: 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 my own heart, and my spirit diligently searches. 7 Will the Lord cast off forever? and will He be favorable no more? 8 Is His mercy completely gone forever? Does His promise fail forevermore? 9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah.
  • Lam 3:19-20 : 19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20 My soul still remembers them and is humbled within me.
  • Job 6:2-3 : 2 Oh, that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words are swallowed up.
  • 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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    2And Job spoke, and said,

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