Job 6:1 — Meaning and Application

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“But Job answered and said,”

Job 6:1

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But Job answered and said,

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! {laid: Heb. lifted up}

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. {my words...: that is, I want words to express my grief}

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Job 6:2

"Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! {laid: Heb. lifted up}"

Job 6:3

"For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. {my words...: that is, I want words to express my grief}"

Job 6:4

"For 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."

Job 6:5

"Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? {when he...: Heb. at grass?}"

Job 6:6

"Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there {any} taste in the white of an egg?"

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