Job 6:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: Therefore my words are swallowed up.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash and wild,

American Standard Version (1901)

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.

Common English Bible

for now it’s heavier than the sands of the sea; therefore, my words are rash.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Compared to the sand of the sea, they would appear heavier, and so my words are full of sorrow.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

As the sand of the sea this would appear heavier: therefore my words are full of sorrow.

Job 6:3 Cross References

Job 23:2

Even today is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Job 31:6

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity;)

Psalm 40:5

Many, O LORD 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.

Psalm 77:4

Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

Matthew 11:28

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.