Job 6:3
Good News Translation
they would weigh more than the sands of the sea, so my wild words should not surprise you.

New Revised Standard Version
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

Contemporary English Version
They outweigh the sand along the beach, and that's why I have spoken without thinking first.

New American Bible
They would now outweigh the sands of the sea! Because of this I speak without restraint.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As the sand of the sea, this would appear heavier: therefore, my words are full of sorrow:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

As the sand of the sea, this would appear heavier: therefore, my words are full of sorrow:

heavier.

Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

Matthew 11:28 Come to me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

my words are swallowed up.

Job 37:19,20 Shew us what we may say to him: or we are wrapped up in darkness. . . .

Psalm 40:5 Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.

Psalm 77:4 My eyes prevented the watches: I was troubled, and I spoke not.

Context
Job Replies: My Complaint is Just
2O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance. 3As the sand of the sea, this would appear heavier: therefore, my words are full of sorrow:4For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.…
Cross References
Job 23:2
Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.

Job 31:6
Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.

Job 6:2
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