Job 6:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!”

Job 6:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 6:2 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Job 6:2 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Job 6:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!”

Job 6:2 — World English Bible

Job 6:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“ Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! ”

Job 6:2 — American Standard Version

Job 6:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!”

Job 6:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 6:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! ”

Job 6:2 — Darby Translation

Job 6:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Oh that my griefe were well weighed, and my miseries were layed together in the balance.”

Job 6:2 — Geneva Bible

Job 6:2 in Context — Job 6

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.

4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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What Does Job 6:2 Mean?

Job 6:2 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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