The Meaning of Job 23:2 Explained

Job 23:2

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

YLT: Also -- to-day is my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

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

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

Discover Job 23:2

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 23:2?

MEANING: What does Job 23:2 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 23:2 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 23:2?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 23:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 23:1-17 - "he Knoweth The Way That I Take"
This chapter is threaded by a sublime faith. Job admitted that his complaint seemed rebellious, but God's hand had been heavy on him. From the misunderstandings of his friends, he longs for the calm, holy presence of God Himself.
It seemed as if nothing would content the sufferer but a personal audience with the Almighty. He felt that he could plead his cause there without fear. He was sure that his Almighty Judge would not contend against him with His great power, but would listen to him. Yet it seemed impossible to find Him. Job did not realize that he was already in God's audience-room. We are made nigh through Jesus Christ. God hides Himself, because mortal eyes could not bear the burning glory of His presence. But though we fail to see Him, we are never for a moment out of His view. He knows the way that we take. Speak to Him, weary, suffering soul; the Lord is at hand!
It was not a mere self-righteous boast that the sufferer made in Job 23:7; Job 23:11-12. David also used similar words of himself, Psalms 18:20-23. We are always sinners, needing the precious blood; but we may be very thankful if we have been kept from "the great transgression." Yet the perfect man is still troubled in the divine presence, and his heart becomes faint, Job 23:15-16, unless he can claim something more than creature or natural goodness. "On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand." [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 23

1  Job longs to appear before God
6  in confidence of his mercy
8  God, who is invisible, observes our ways
11  Job's innocence
13  God's decree is immutable

What do the individual words in Job 23:2 mean?

Even today is bitter my complaint My hand is listless because of my sighing
גַּם־ הַ֭יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑י יָ֝דִ֗י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל־ אַנְחָתִֽי

גַּם־  Even 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
הַ֭יּוֹם  today 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
מְרִ֣י  is  bitter 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מְרִי  
Sense: rebellion.
שִׂחִ֑י  my  complaint 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: שִׂיחַ  
Sense: meditation, complaint, musing.
יָ֝דִ֗י  My  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
כָּבְדָ֥ה  is  listless 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: כָּבֵד  
Sense: to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured.
עַל־  because 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
אַנְחָתִֽי  of  my  sighing 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: אֲנָחָה  
Sense: sighing, groaning (expression of grief or physical distress).

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