Job 6:3
1 But Job answered and said,
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
Read in contextJob 23:2
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Read in contextPsalms 77:4
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Read in contextPsalms 40:5
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Read in contextJob 37:19–20
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
Read in contextMatthew 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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