Even
x1571 (1571) Complementגַּםgam{gam}
By contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correlation both... and.
to day
3117 {3117} Primeיוֹםyowm{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially).
[ is] my complaint
7879 {7879} Primeשִׂיחַsiyach{see'-akh}
From H7878; a contemplation; by implication an utterance.
bitter:
4805 {4805} Primeמְרִיm@riy{mer-ee'}
From H4784; bitterness, that is, (figuratively) rebellion; concretely bitter, or rebellious.
my stroke
3027 {3027} Primeיָדyad{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
is heavier
3513 {3513} Primeכָּבַדkabad{kaw-bad'}
A primitive root; to be heavy, that is, in a bad sense ( burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense ( numerous, rich, honorable); causatively to make weighty (in the same two senses).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
than
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
my groaning.
585 {0585} Primeאֲנָחָה'anachah{an-aw-khaw'}
From H0584; sighing. |
Job 23:2
_ _ to-day — implying, perhaps, that the debate was carried on through more days than one (see on Introduction).
_ _ 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
To — day — Even at this time, notwithstanding all your pretended consolations. Stroke — The hand or stroke of God upon me. Groaning — Doth exceed my complaints. |
Job 23:2
Even to day [is] my complaint (a) bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
(a) He shows the just cause of his complaining and concerning that Eliphaz had exhorted him to return to God, (Job 22:21) he declares that he desires nothing more, but it seems that God would not be found of him. |
- my complaint:
Job 6:2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Job 10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Lamentations 3:19-20 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. ... My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Psalms 77:2-9 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. ... Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
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- heavier:
Job 11:6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].
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