Job 6:3
כִּֽי ־ עַתָּה מֵחוֹל יַמִּים יִכְבָּד עַל ־ כֵּן דְּבָרַי לָֽעוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
2לוּ שָׁקוֹל יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי והיתי בְּֽמֹאזְנַיִם יִשְׂאוּ ־ יָֽחַד ׃
4כִּי חִצֵּי שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי אֲשֶׁר חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי בִּעוּתֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי ׃
Cross References
Job 37:19הוֹדִיעֵנוּ מַה ־ נֹּאמַר לוֹ לֹא ־ נַעֲרֹךְ מִפְּנֵי ־ חֹֽשֶׁךְ ׃
Psalms 77:4אֶזְכְּרָה אֱלֹהִים וְאֶֽהֱמָיָה אָשִׂיחָה ׀ וְתִתְעַטֵּף רוּחִי סֶֽלָה ׃
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 →