Catholic Public Domain Version
"Compared to the sand of the sea, they would appear heavier, and so my words are full of sorrow. "
— Job 6:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.”
“For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash. ”
“For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash.”
“But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.”
“As the sand of the sea, this would appear heavier: therefore, my words are full of sorrow:”
“For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.”
“For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.”
But Job, responding, said:
I wish that my sins, for which I deserve wrath, and the calamity that I endure, were weighed out on a balance.
Compared to the sand of the sea, they would appear heavier, and so my words are full of sorrow.
For the arrows of the Lord are in me, my spirit drinks of their indignation, and the terrors of the Lord are soldiers against me.
Will the wild ass bray when he has grass? Or will the ox bellow when he stands before a full manger?
Or can one eat bland food, which is not seasoned with salt? Or can anyone taste that which, if tasted, causes death?