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Job 23:2

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Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
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  1. Job 10:1Rank 1 from verse 2
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    1MY soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  2. Job 7:11Rank 2 from verse 2
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    11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  3. Psalms 32:4Rank 3 from verse 2
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    4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

  4. Job 11:6Rank 4 from verse 2
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    6And 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.

  5. Job 6:2–3Rank 5 from verse 2
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    2Oh 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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Job 23:2

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

complaint

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An expression or utterance of grief, pain, trouble, or heaviness; a lament.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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bitter

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Having a sharp, unpleasant taste opposed to sweet; grievous, harsh, painful, sorrowful, resentful, or severe in condition, feeling, speech, or effect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stroke

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1. A blow or act of striking. 2. A wound or affliction resulting from a blow.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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groaning

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The deep inward or audible expression of pain, bondage, affliction, sorrow, burden, or longing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1THEN Job answered and said,

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

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3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

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