King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Complete Jewish Bible:
"I wish my frustration could be weighed, all my calamities laid on the scales!
Berean Standard Bible:
“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
American Standard Version:
Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Oh that{H3863} my grief{H3708} were throughly{H8254} weighed{H8254}, and my calamity{H1942}{H1962} laid{H5375} in the balances{H3976} together{H3162}!
Cross-References (KJV):
Job 4:5
- But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Job 23:2
- Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Job 31:6
- Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
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Commentary for Job 6:2
Job 6:2 is a verse from the Book of Job, which is part of the Wisdom Literature in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. The Book of Job deals with the themes of suffering, faith, and the nature of divine justice. It tells the story of Job, a righteous man who is afflicted with severe losses and physical suffering as part of a divine test to prove his faith.
In Job 6:2, Job is in the midst of his suffering and is responding to the words of his friend Eliphaz, who has just suggested that Job has sinned and that his suffering is a punishment from God. In this verse, Job expresses a deep desire for his grief to be fully understood and his misfortune to be accurately measured. He wishes that both his internal sorrow ("grief") and his external misfortunes ("calamity") could be weighed on scales to demonstrate their true magnitude. This metaphor of weighing on scales is a common ancient Near Eastern way of assessing the true value or gravity of something.
Job's plea reflects his sense of injustice and the overwhelming nature of his suffering. He feels that his friends do not fully comprehend the extent of his pain and that if they could truly weigh it, they would see that his suffering is disproportionate to any wrongdoing he might have committed. This verse underscores the depth of Job's anguish and sets the stage for the subsequent dialogues between Job and his friends, where they debate the reasons for his suffering and the nature of God's justice.
Historically, the Book of Job is thought to have been written during or after the Babylonian exile (6th century BCE), addressing theological questions that arose from the experience of undeserved suffering, particularly when the traditional belief that prosperity was a sign of God's favor and adversity a sign of God's displeasure was challenged by reality. Job 6:2 captures the essence of Job's struggle to reconcile his unwavering faith in God with the inexplicable suffering he endures.
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H3863
There are 21 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לוּא
Transliteration: lûwʼ
Pronunciation: loo
Description: or לֻא; or לוּ; a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!; if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that). - Strong's Number: H3708
There are 25 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כַּעַס
Transliteration: kaʻaç
Pronunciation: kah'-as
Description: or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ; from כַּעַס; vexation; anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath. - Strong's Number: H8254
There are 21 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁקַל
Transliteration: shâqal
Pronunciation: shaw-kal'
Description: a primitive root; to suspend or poise (especially in trade); pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh. - Strong's Number: H1942
There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: הַוָּה
Transliteration: havvâh
Pronunciation: hav-vaw'
Description: from הָוָא (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin; calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness. - Strong's Number: H1962
There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: הַיָּה
Transliteration: hayâh
Pronunciation: hah-yaw'
Description: another form for הֹוָה; ruin; calamity. - Strong's Number: H5375
There are 611 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָשָׂא
Transliteration: nâsâʼ
Pronunciation: naw-saw'
Description: or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield. - Strong's Number: H3976
There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מֹאזֵן
Transliteration: môʼzên
Pronunciation: mo-zane'
Description: from אָזַן; (only in the dual) a pair of scales; balances. - Strong's Number: H3162
There are 139 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יַחַד
Transliteration: yachad
Pronunciation: yakh'-ad
Description: from יָחַד; properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly; alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.