Job 6:2

Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, 1 And take up my griefs in a balance together! 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

O that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

In Context

1But Job answered and said, 1

3And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: 1 But, as it seems, my words are vain. 1

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Cross References

Job 23:2Yea, I know that pleading is out of my reach; 1 And his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning. 1

Proverbs 14:10If a man’s mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; 1 And when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride. 1

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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