Job 6:2
Oh that my ka'as (vexation) were throughly weighed, 1 and my calamity laid in the scales together! 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
O that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
In Context
1But Iyov answered and said, 1
3For now it would be heavier than the chol of the seas; 1 therefore my words are impetuous. 1
Cross References
Job 23:2Even hayom (today) is my complaint bitter; 1 my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 1
Proverbs 14:10The lev knoweth its own bitterness, 1 and a zar (stranger) doth not share its simchah. 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 →