Job 6:3

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 responded, 2“Oh if only my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my disaster! For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; For that reason my words have been rash. 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God line up against me. 5Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his feed?

Job 6:3 word by word

כִּֽי־עַתָּ֗ה מֵח֣וֹל יַמִּ֣ים יִכְבָּ֑ד עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן דְּבָרַ֥י לָֽעוּ׃Read the interlinear

• For thenעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• it would beכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
• heavierכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
• thanמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the sandחוֹלchôl · sandH2344
• of the seasיָםyâm · seaH3220
• Forעַל‛al · uponH5921
• thatכֵּןkên · rightH3651
• my wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• have beenלוּעַlûa‛ · to talk wildlyH3886

Cross-references for Job 6:3

• Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
• Matthew 11:28“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• Job 37:19Teach us what we are to say to Him; We cannot present our case because of darkness.
• Psalms 40:5Many, Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is no one to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.
• Psalms 77:4You have held 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

Topics related to Job 6:3

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Arguing
• Arrow
• Conceal
• Harden
• Sorrowful
• Terror
• Eliphaz (2)
• Papyrus
• Sand

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