Job 6:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 sand is weighty, but a fool's anger is heavier than both.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, 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 shall say to him, for we cannot arrange our speech because of darkness. 20 Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man speaks, surely he shall be swallowed up.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done, and Your thoughts which are toward us: they cannot be counted in order to You: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
  • Ps 77:4 : 4 You hold my eyes wide awake: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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