American Standard Version
Job 6:3
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas:Therefore have my words been rash.
Job 6:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
- New International Version (NIV)It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea— Therefore my words have been rash.
Context of Job 6:3
1Then Job answered and said, 2Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash. 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Read all of Job 6Job 6:3 word by word
כִּֽי־עַתָּ֗ה מֵח֣וֹל יַמִּ֣ים יִכְבָּ֑ד עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן דְּבָרַ֥י לָֽעוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 6:3
- Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
- Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- Job 37:19Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.
- Psalms 40:5Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward: They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
- Psalms 77:4Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Commentaries on Job 6:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Heavier than the sand of the sea - This includes two ideas: their number was too great to be counted; their weight was too great to be estimated.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Heavier than the sand of the sea - That is, they would be found to be insupportable. Who could bear up the sands of the sea? So Job says of his sorrows. A comparison somewhat similar is found in Proverbs 27:3. Heavy is a stone, and weighty the sand of the Sea, But a fool‘s wrath is heavier than them both. My words are swallowed up - Margin, “I want words to express my grief.” This expresses the true sense - but not with the same poetic beauty. We express…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4In the Old Testament, arrows symbolize danger, disease, and destruction from God (7:20; 16:12–13; Deuteronomy 32:23–24, 42; Psalms 7:12–13; 38:2; 64:7; 91:5–6; Lamentations 2:4; 3:12–13; Ezekiel 5:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the sand--(Pr 27:3). are swallowed up--See Margin [that is, "I want words to express my grief"]. But Job plainly is apologizing, not for not having had words enough, but for having spoken too much and too boldly; and the Hebrew is, "to speak rashly" [Umbreit, Gesenius, Rosenmuller]. "Therefore were my words so rash."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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