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Job 23:2
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Job 23:2
2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
2Euen to day is my complaint bitter: my †stroke is heauier then my groning.
- Hebr. my hand.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 23:2
As far as, up to, or extending to the stated limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
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An expression of grief, distress, pain, or grievance; a lament.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sharp to the feeling; piercing; painful; that makes to smart.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A blow; the striking of one body against another; applicable to a club or to any heavy body, or to a rod, whip or lash.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Of great weight; also grievous, sorrowful, burdened, or hard to bear.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
The act of groaning; lamentation; complaint; a deep sound uttered in pain or sorrow.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study1MY soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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Open the full verse study11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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Open the full verse study4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
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Open the full verse study6And 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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Open the full verse study2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
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Open the full verse study19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
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Open the full verse study2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
8Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
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