KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 6:2–3
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Job 6:2
2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
2Oh that my griefe were throughly weighed, and my calamitie †layd in the balances together.
- Heb. lifted vp.
Job 6:3
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
3For now it would be heauier then the sand of the sea, therefore my words are †swallowed vp.
- That is, I want words to expresse my griefe.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 6:2
Deep sorrow, mental pain, distress, or a cause of affliction.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Completely, fully, or in every part.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Figuratively considered, evaluated, or judged in a balance or by a moral standard.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A great misfortune, disaster, or cause of deep distress.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Instruments for weighing; pairs of scales used to determine weight or equality.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 6:3
Of great weight; also grievous, sorrowful, burdened, or hard to bear.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 2
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Open the full verse study2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
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Open the full verse study6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
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Open the full verse study5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
From verse 3
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Open the full verse study3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
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Open the full verse study2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
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Open the full verse study19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
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Open the full verse study28¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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Open the full verse study5Many, 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.
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Open the full verse study4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
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