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Job 6:2
“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
King James Version
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
World English Bible
“Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
American Standard Version
Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!
Geneva Bible 1599
Oh that my griefe were well weighed, and my miseries were layed together in the balance.
Darby Translation
Oh that my grief were thoroughly 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!
Bible in Basic English
If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!
1Then Job replied:
3For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.
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