Job 6:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 27:3 : 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
Matt 11:28 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Job 23:2 : 2 Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Job 37:19-20 : 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; [For] we cannot set [our speech] in order by reason of darkness. 20 Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
Ps 77:4 : 4 Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Similar Verses (AI)

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7My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me.
8Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
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10And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be {H5315} patient?
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Job 19:23
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Job 30:16
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Job 37:20
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20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
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Job 16:6-7
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7But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.
Job 19:6
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6Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net.
Job 30:19
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Job 6:13
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Job 23:2
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16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
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Job 31:23
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Job 13:19
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