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Job 23:1–2

Job Replies: Where Is God?

23 Then Job answered and said:

“Today also my rcomplaint is bitter;1

my shand is heavy on account of my groaning.

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Job 23:1–2 — The New International Version (NIV)

Then Job replied:

“Even today my complaint is bitter;

his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

Job 23:1–2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Then Job answered and said,

Even to day is my complaint bitter:

My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Job 23:1–2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Then Job spoke again:

“My complaint today is still a bitter one,

and I try hard not to groan aloud.

Job 23:1–2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Then Job answered and said:

“Even today my complaint is bitter;

My hand is listless because of my groaning.

Job 23:1–2 — New Century Version (NCV)

Then Job answered:

“My complaint is still bitter today.

I groan because God’s heavy hand is on me.

Job 23:1–2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Then Job answered and said,

Even to-day is my complaint rebellious:

My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Job 23:1–2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And Job answered and said, Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Job 23:1–2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Then Job replied ⸤to his friends⸥, 

“My complaint is bitter again today. 

I try hard to control my sighing. 

Job 23:1–2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Then Job answered:

Today also my complaint is bitter.

His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Job 23:1–2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Then Job answered:

“Today also my complaint is bitter;

his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Job 23:1–2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Then Job answered and said,

“Even today my complaint is bitter;

my hand is heavy in addition to my groaning.

Job 23:1–2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Job replied,

“Even today my problems are more than I can handle.

In spite of my groans, God’s hand is heavy on me.

Job 23:1–2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Then Job replied,

Even today my complaint is rebellion;

His hand is heavy despite my groaning.


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