Job 6:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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 in spite of my groaning.

Job 31:6

(Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!)

Psalm 40:5

Thou hast multiplied, O Lord my God, thy wondrous deeds and thy thoughts toward us; none can compare with thee! Were I to proclaim and tell of them, they would be more than can be numbered.

Psalm 77:4

Thou dost hold 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 who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.