Job 6:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: Therefore my words are swallowed up.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash and wild,

American Standard Version (1901)

³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.

Common English Bible

³ for now it’s heavier than the sands of the sea; therefore, my words are rash.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ 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

³ 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

“Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Job 31:6

let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!—

Psalm 40:5

You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you. Were I to proclaim and tell of them, they would be more than can be counted.

Psalm 77:4

You keep my eyelids from closing; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.