Job 23:2 (DBY)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Job 23:1 And Job answered and said,

Job 23:2 Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Job 23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!

Job 23:4 I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "even", "to-day", "complaint", "bitter", "stroke", "heavier", "than", and "groaning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "even" and "to-day", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And Job answered and said..." into verse 3's "Oh that I knew where I might...", so "even" and "to-day" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "even" and "to-day" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.