Verse 3

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

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.