Job 6:3

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

4For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, 1 Whose violence drinks up my blood: 1 Whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me. 1

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Cross References

Job 37:19Wherefore teach me, what shall we say to him? 1 And let us cease from saying much. 1

Psalms 77:4They were not hidden from their children to a second generation; 1 The fathers declaring the praises of the Lord, 1 And his mighty acts, 1 And his wonders which he wrought. 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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