Parallel Verses
King James Version
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
New American Standard Bible
And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
Holman Bible
and my devastation
International Standard Version
"If only my grief could be weighed; or my calamity piled together on a balance scale!
A Conservative Version
O that my grief were but 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!
Amplified
“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighed
And placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!
Bible in Basic English
If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!
Darby Translation
Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
Julia Smith Translation
I would weighing, my anger shall be weighed, and my falls shall be lifted up in the balances together.
King James 2000
Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Lexham Expanded Bible
"If only my vexation could be well weighed, and my calamity could be lifted up together [with it] in [the] balances,
Modern King James verseion
Oh that my grief were but weighed, and my ruin laid in the balances together!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For then should it be heavier than the sand of the sea.
NET Bible
"Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!
New Heart English Bible
"Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances.
The Emphasized Bible
Oh that, weighed, were my vexation, and, my engulfing ruin - into the balances, they would lift up all at once!
Webster
Oh that my grief were thoroughly 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!
Youngs Literal Translation
O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 6:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
1 But Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.