Job 6:3

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas. 1 That is why my words were reckless. 1

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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

In Context

2“Oh, if only my anguish were weighed; 1 if only all my calamity were laid in the balance! 1

4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me, 1 my spirit drinks up the poison; 1 the terrors of God have arranged themselves in array against me. 1

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Cross References

Job 37:19Teach us what we should say to him, 1 for we cannot lay out our arguments in order because of the darkness of our minds. 1

Psalms 77:4You held my eyes open; 1 I was too troubled to speak. 1

Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy burdened, and 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 →

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