Job 6:3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
Darby Translation
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
2Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
Cross References
Job 37:19Teach us what we shall say unto him! We cannot order [our words] by reason of darkness.
Psalms 77:4Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.
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 →