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Job 6:2
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Job: My Complaint Is Just

1 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—
Therefore my words have been rash.
4 aFor the arrows of the Almighty are within me;
My spirit drinks in their poison;
bThe terrors of God are arrayed cagainst me. 
5 Does the awild donkey bray when it has grass,
Or does the ox low over its fodder? 
6 Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 My soul refuses to touch them;
They are as loathsome food to me.
Verse Comparison: Job 6:2

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American Standard Version
Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

Amplified® Bible
Oh, that my impatience {and} vexation might be [thoroughly] weighed and all my calamity be laid up over against them in the balances, one against the other [to see if my grief is unmanly]!

Contemporary English Version
It's impossible to weigh my misery and grief!

Darby English Version
Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

Good News Bible
(SEE 6:1)

King James Version
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

New American Standard Bible
"Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!

New International Version
"If only my anguish could be weighed
and all my misery be placed on the scales!

New King James Version
“Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Oh that someone would actually weigh my grief And laid in the balances together with my calamity!

Revised Standard Version
"O that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

Young's Literal Translation
O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!


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