1 Job answereth, that his pain is more grievous than his fault. 8 He wisheth death. 14 He complaineth of his friends.

But Job answered and said,

Oh that my grief were well weighed, and my miseries were laid together in the [a]balance!

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

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:2 To know whether I complain without just cause.
  2. Job 6:3 My grief is so great that I lack words to express it.

Job

Then Job replied:

“If only my anguish could be weighed
    and all my misery be placed on the scales!(A)
It would surely outweigh the sand(B) of the seas—
    no wonder my words have been impetuous.(C)

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