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Job 6:3

Context
NETBible

But because it is heavier 1  than the sand 2  of the sea, that is why my words have been wild. 3 

NIV ©

biblegateway Job 6:3

It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been impetuous.

NASB ©

biblegateway Job 6:3

"For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash.

NLT ©

biblegateway Job 6:3

they would be heavier than all the sands of the sea. That is why I spoke so rashly.

MSG ©

biblegateway Job 6:3

It would be heavier than all the sand of the sea! Is it any wonder that I'm screaming like a caged cat?

BBE ©

SABDAweb Job 6:3

For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

NRSV ©

bibleoremus Job 6:3

For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

NKJV ©

biblegateway Job 6:3

For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea––Therefore my words have been rash.

[+] More English

KJV
For now it would be heavier
<03513> (8799)
than the sand
<02344>
of the sea
<03220>_:
therefore my words
<01697>
are swallowed up
<03886> (8804)_.
{my words...: that is, I want words to express my grief}
NASB ©

biblegateway Job 6:3

"For then
<06258>
it would be heavier
<03513>
than
<04480>
the sand
<02344>
of the seas
<03220>
; Therefore
<05921>
<3651> my words
<01697>
have been
<03886>
rash
<03886>
.
LXXM
kai
<2532
CONJ
dh
<1161
PRT
ammou
<285
N-GSF
paraliav
<3882
A-GSF
barutera
<926
A-APNC
estai
<1510
V-FMI-3S
all
<235
CONJ
wv
<3739
CONJ
eoiken {V-RAI-3S} ta
<3588
T-NPN
rhmata
<4487
N-NPN
mou
<1473
P-GS
estin
<1510
V-PAI-3S
faula
<5337
A-NPN
NET [draft] ITL
But because
<03588>
it is heavier
<03513>
than the sand
<02344>
of
<05921>
the sea
<03220>
, that is why
<03651>
my words
<01697>
have been wild
<03886>
.
HEBREW
wel
<03886>
yrbd
<01697>
Nk
<03651>
le
<05921>
dbky
<03513>
Mymy
<03220>
lwxm
<02344>
hte
<06258>
yk (6:3)
<03588>

NETBible

But because it is heavier 1  than the sand 2  of the sea, that is why my words have been wild. 3 

NET Notes

tn E. Dhorme (Job, 76) notes that כִּי־עַתָּה (kiattah) has no more force than “but”; and that the construction is the same as in 17:4; 20:19-21; 23:14-15. The initial clause is causative, and the second half of the verse gives the consequence (“because”…“that is why”). Others take 3a as the apodosis of v. 2, and translate it “for now it would be heavier…” (see A. B. Davidson, Job, 43).

sn The point of the comparison with the sand of the sea is that the sand is immeasurable. So the grief of Job cannot be measured.

tn The verb לָעוּ (lau) is traced by E. Dhorme (Job, 76) to a root לָעָה (laah), cognate to an Arabic root meaning “to chatter.” He shows how modern Hebrew has a meaning for the word “to stammer out.” But that does not really fit Job’s outbursts. The idea in the context is rather that of speaking wildly, rashly, or charged with grief. This would trace the word to a hollow or geminate word and link it to Arabic “talk wildly” (see D. J. A. Clines, Job [WBC], 158). In the older works the verb was taken from a geminate root meaning “to suck” or “to swallow” (cf. KJV), but that yields a very difficult sense to the line.




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