New English Translation
Job 6:3
3But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.
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 could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too! But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild. 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me. 5“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
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כִּֽי־עַתָּ֗ה מֵח֣וֹל יַמִּ֣ים יִכְבָּ֑ד עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן דְּבָרַ֥י לָֽעוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 6:3
- Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.
- Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Job 37:19Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.
- Psalms 40:5O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!
- Psalms 77:4You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not 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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