Job 6:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:3 : 3 ¶ A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 ‹Come unto me, all› [ye] ‹that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.›
  • Job 23:2 : 2 Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
  • Job 37:19-20 : 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; [for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of darkness. 20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up 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 waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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  • Job 3:24-25
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  • Job 6:7-11
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    7 The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.

    8 ¶ Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!

    9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

    10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

    11 What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life?

  • Lam 3:6-7
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    6 He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old.

    7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

  • 23 ¶ Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

  • 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

  • 20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  • 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  • Job 16:6-7
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    6 ¶ Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?

    7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

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  • 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

  • 13 [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

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    16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

    17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

    18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

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    11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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  • 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

  • 23 For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

  • 19 Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

  • 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.

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    53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

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  • 9 The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

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  • 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.

  • 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

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    6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

  • 20 [Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

  • 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

  • 11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.