English Standard Version
Job 6:3
3For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea— Therefore my words have been rash.
- New Living Translation (NLT)they would outweigh all the sands of the sea. That is why I spoke impulsively.
Context of Job 6:3
1Then Job answered and said: 2"Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. 4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. 5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?
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כִּֽי־עַתָּ֗ה מֵח֣וֹל יַמִּ֣ים יִכְבָּ֑ד עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן דְּבָרַ֥י לָֽעוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 6:3
- Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
- Matthew 11:28Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- Job 37:19Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
- Psalms 40:5You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
- Psalms 77:4You hold my eyelids open; 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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