God’s Word Translation
Job 6:2
2“If only my grief could be weighed, if only my misery could be laid on the scales with it,
Job 6:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
- New International Version (NIV)“If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Oh, that my grief were fully weighed, And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
Context of Job 6:2
1Then Job replied ⌞to his friends⌟, “If only my grief could be weighed, if only my misery could be laid on the scales with it, 3then they would be heavier than the sand of the seas. I spoke carelessly 4because the arrows of the Almighty ⌞have found their target⌟ in me, and my spirit is drinking their poison. God’s terrors line up in battle against me.
Read all of Job 6Job 6:2 word by word
ל֗וּ שָׁק֣וֹל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל כַּעְשִׂ֑י וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗י בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָֽחַד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Oh thatלוּlû' lû' lû · ifH3863
- my griefכַּ֫עַשׂka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
- were throughlyשָׁקַלshâqal · to weighH8254
- and my calamityהַיָּהhayâh · calamityH1962
- and my calamityהַוָּהhavvâh · desireH1942
- laidנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- in the balancesמֹאזֵןmô'zên · balanceH3976
- togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
Cross-references for Job 6:2
Commentaries on Job 6:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2O that my grief were thoroughly weighed - Job wished to be dealt with according to justice; as he was willing that his sins, if they could be proved, should be weighed against his sufferings; and if this could not be done, he wished that his sufferings and his complainings might be weighed together; and it would then be seen that, bitter as his complaint had been, it was little when compared with the distress which occasioned it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2O that my grief were thoroughly weighed - The word rendered “grief” here (כעשׂ ka‛aś ) may mean either vexation, trouble, grief; Ecclesiastes 1:18; Ecclesiastes 2:23; or it may mean anger; Deuteronomy 32:19; Ezekiel 20:28. It is rendered by the Septuagint here, ̓́ orgē - anger; by Jerome, peccata - sins. The sense of the whole passage may either be, that Job wished his anger or his complaints to be laid in the balance with his calamity, to see if one…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-30FIRST SERIES CONTINUED. 2. throughly weighed--Oh, that instead of censuring my complaints when thou oughtest rather to have sympathized with me, thou wouldst accurately compare my sorrow, and my misfortunes; these latter "outweigh in the balance" the former.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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