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Job 6:3

GriefDiscouragement and depression

1 Then Job replied:

2 “If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.

For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.

4 For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

5 Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

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BSB
For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.
KJV
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
WEB
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash.
ASV
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.
DARBY
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
BLB
For now it is heavy, more than the sand of the sea; [and] upon thus my words have been rash.
ÅB
For nå er den tyngre enn havets sand; derfor var mine ord tankeløse.
OTB
For den ville sikkert være tyngre enn sanden i havet;
det er derfor mine ord har vært forhastede.
B1930
For nu er den tyngre enn havets sand; derfor var mine ord tankeløse.

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