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Job 6:2
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“If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
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Job 6:2 in Other Translations
KJV
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Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
ESV
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"Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
NLT
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“If my misery could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,
MSG
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"If my misery could be weighed, if you could pile the whole bitter load on the scales,
CSB
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If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation placed with it on a scale.
Job 6:2 In-Context
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Then Job replied:
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“If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
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It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.
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The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
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Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
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Job 31:6
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Proverbs 11:1
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Daniel 5:27
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