Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 23:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
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Role in This Section
Job 23:2 advances the thought unit with the words “Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.” Job states “Even to day is my complaint bitter” as one poetic claim in Job Longs to Find God's Court.
Read It With
- Job 23:1–23:7
Read Job 23:2 with 23:1–23:7. Read alone, “Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Job says his complaint remains bitter, wishes to reach God's seat, and believes an upright person could reason there and be delivered from the judge.
Why It Needs Context
Job 23:2 depends on 23:1–23:7; isolating “Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning” would detach a poetic premise, image, response, or transition from Job and “Job Longs to Find God's Court.”
Read Job 23:1–7 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 23:1–23:7 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained speech movement: “Job Longs to Find God's Court.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 1. 1 Then Job answered and said,
Verse 2. 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Verse 3. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Verse 4. 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Verse 5. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Verse 6. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
Verse 7. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Continue in Context
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Read Job 23:1–23:7 — Job Longs to Find God's CourtSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 23:1–23:7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
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Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 23:1–23:7
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