Parallel Verses
Amplified
“For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
Therefore my words have been incoherent,
New American Standard Bible
Therefore my words have been rash.
King James Version
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
Holman Bible
That is why my words are rash.
International Standard Version
It would weigh more than the sand on the seashore! Here's why I've talked so rashly:
A Conservative Version
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas. Therefore my words have been rash.
American Standard Version
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.
Bible in Basic English
For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.
Darby Translation
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
Julia Smith Translation
For now it will be heavy above the sand of the seas: for this my words were rash.
King James 2000
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words have been rash,
Modern King James verseion
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This is the cause, that my words are so sorrowful.
NET Bible
But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.
New Heart English Bible
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash.
The Emphasized Bible
For, now, beyond the sand of the seas, would it be heavy, On this account, my words, have wandered.
Webster
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
World English Bible
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash.
Youngs Literal Translation
For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash.
Interlinear
Kabad
Dabar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 6:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
2
“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighed
And placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!
“For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
Therefore my words have been incoherent,
Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 27:3
Stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
But a fool’s [unreasonable] wrath is heavier and more burdensome than both of them.
Job 23:2
“Even today my complaint is contentious;
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
Job 37:19-20
“Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being;
We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].
Psalm 40:5
Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of your wonders,
They would be too many to count.
Psalm 77:4
You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Matthew 11:28