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Job 6:3

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3For now it would be heavier than bthe sand of the sea:

Therefore ||my words care swallowed up.

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Footnotes

  1. ||That is, I want words to express my grief.
  2. cObad. 16. So Prov. 20:25?

Cross references

  1. bProv. 27:3.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;

therefore my words have been rash.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas—

no wonder my words have been impetuous.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas!

That is why my words are rash.

NLTNew Living Translation

they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.

That is why I spoke impulsively.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas;

therefore my words have been rash,