Job 6:3

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For now, it is heavier than the sands of the seas; that is why my words are impulsive.

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  • Prov 27:3 : 3 A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
  • Job 23:2 : 2 Even today my complaint is bitter; my suffering is heavier than my groaning.
  • Job 37:19-20 : 19 Teach us what we should say to Him, for we cannot present our case because of the darkness. 20 Should it be told to Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust and does not turn to the proud or to those who follow falsehoods.
  • Ps 77:4 : 4 I remember God and moan; I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah.

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  • Job 6:1-2
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    1 Then Job responded and said:

    2 If only my grief could be weighed and my calamity placed together on the scales!

  • 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison. The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

  • Job 3:24-25
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    24 For my sighing comes before my food, and my groanings pour out like water.

    25 For the thing I dread comes upon me, and what I fear befalls me.

  • Job 6:7-11
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    7 My soul refuses to touch them; they are like loathsome food to me.

    8 Oh, that my request would be granted, and that God would fulfill my hope.

    9 That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

    10 It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

    11 What is my strength, that I should hope? What is my end, that I should prolong my life?

  • Lam 3:6-7
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    6 He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

    7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed down my chains.

  • 23 Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

  • 16 And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering seize hold of me.

  • 20 Should it be told to Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?

  • 4 My spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart is appalled inside me.

  • Job 16:6-7
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    6 If I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, what do I lose?

    7 Surely now, God has worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

  • 6 know then that God has wronged me and surrounded me with His net.

  • 19 He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

  • 13 Indeed, there is no help in me, and ability has been driven from me.

  • 2 Even today my complaint is bitter; my suffering is heavier than my groaning.

  • Lam 3:16-18
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    16 He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in ashes.

    17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

    18 So I say, 'My strength is gone, and so is my hope from the LORD.'

  • 4 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

  • 11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • Job 7:11-12
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    11 Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

    12 Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you put me under guard?

  • 18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

  • 23 For I have always feared disaster from God, and because of His majesty, I could not do such a thing.

  • 19 Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

  • 3 He said, 'I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me. From the depths of the grave, I cried out, and You heard my voice.'

  • 36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.

  • 6 My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.

  • 9 He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.

  • Lam 3:53-54
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    53 They threw me alive into a pit and cast a stone upon me.

    54 Waters flowed over my head; I thought, 'I am cut off.'

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  • 13 From on high he sent fire; it burns in my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

  • 9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

  • 2 How long will you torment my soul and crush me with words?

  • 10 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, as do my soul and my body.

  • 11 My days have passed, my plans are broken off, and the desires of my heart are gone.

  • 15 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts within me.

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    6 For in death, no one remembers You; in the grave, who can give You thanks?

  • 20 Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

  • 12 LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; may Your love and truth always protect me.

  • 13 His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.

  • 11 It is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.