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Job 6:2

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Job 6:2 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

    ASV

  • If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!

    BBE

  • Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

    DBY

  • "Oh that my anguish were weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

    WEB

  • O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!

    YLT

  • Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

    ENG

  • Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

    WBT

  • “If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.

    BSB

In context

1But Job answered and said,

2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

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

4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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