Job 6:3

Compared to the sand of the sea, they would appear heavier, and so my words are full of sorrow.

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In The King James Version

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

In Context

2I wish that my sins, for which I deserve wrath, and the calamity that I endure, were weighed out on a balance.

4For the arrows of the Lord are in me, my spirit drinks of their indignation, and the terrors of the Lord are soldiers against me.

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Cross References

Job 37:19Reveal to us what we should say to him, for, of course, we are wrapped in darkness.

Psalms 77:4These things have not been hidden from their sons in any generation: declaring the praises of the Lord, and his virtues, and the wonders that he has done.

Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.

Matthew Henry on Job 6:2-8

Job's Reply to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 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? 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten… Read the whole commentary →

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