Job 6:3
they would be heavier than the sand of the sea. That's why I spoke so rashly.
Free Bible Version
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
2“If my grief could be weighed and my troubles placed on the scales
Cross References
Job 37:19So why don't you teach us what to tell God? We cannot make our case because we are in the dark!
Psalms 77:4You stop me going to sleep; I'm so upset I can't even talk.
Matthew 11:28Come to me, all of you who struggle and who are burdened down. 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 →