Job 23:1 (DRB)

Passage

Then Job answered, and said:

Nearby Context

Job 23:1 Then Job answered, and said:

Job 23:2 Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.

Job 23:3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "answered" and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "answered" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Now also my words are in bitterness...", so "answered" and "said" should be read forward into that movement. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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