Job 6:2

2 “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!

Job 6:2 in Other Translations

KJV
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
ESV
2 "Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
NLT
2 “If my misery could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,
MSG
2 "If my misery could be weighed, if you could pile the whole bitter load on the scales,
CSB
2 If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation placed with it on a scale.

Job 6:2 In-Context

1 Then Job replied:
2 “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.
4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

Cross References 1

  • 1. Job 31:6; Proverbs 11:1; Daniel 5:27
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