Job 23:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

Today - implying, perhaps that the debate was carried on through more days than one (see 'Introduction').

Bitter - (Job 7:11; Job 10:1). Bitter - (Job 7:11; Job 10:1).

My stroke - the hand of God on me (margin; Job 19:21; Psalms 32:4).

Heavier than - is so heavy that I cannot relieve myself adequately by groaning.

Job 23:2

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