Job 6:3

For now it would be heavier than the chol of the seas; 1 therefore my words are impetuous. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 ka'as (vexation) were throughly weighed, 1 and my calamity laid in the scales together! 1

4For the khitzim (arrows) of Shaddai are in me, 1 the poison whereof drinketh my ruach; 1 the terrors of Eloah do set themselves in array against me. 1

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Cross References

Job 37:19Teach us what we shall say unto Him, 1 for we cannot order our case by reason of choshech. 1

Psalms 77:4I remembered Elohim, and groaned; 1 I pondered, and my ruach was overwhelmed. 1 Selah 1

Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who are burden-weary and heavy laden, and I will give you Shabbos menuchah.

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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