Job 23:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 23:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 23:2 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. stroke: Heb. hand" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 23:2 — KJV
“Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. stroke: Heb. hand”
— Job 23:2 (KJV)
Job 23:2 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 23:2
“For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. For Moses...: or, And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, because every man hath been against his brother, etc Consecrate...: Heb. Fill your hands”
Shares key themes with Job 23:2: even, day, heb
“So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies. made: Heb. cut”
Shares key themes with Job 23:2: even, than, heb
“Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. delivered: Heb. shut up”
Shares key themes with Job 23:2: even, day, heb
“And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. perish: Heb. be consumed”
Shares key themes with Job 23:2: day, than, heb
“And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. every...: Heb. every hand”
Shares key themes with Job 23:2: even, day, heb
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