Job 6:3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. {my words...: that is, I want words to express my grief}
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A stone {is} heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath {is} heavier than them both. {heavy: Heb. heaviness}
Teach us what we shall say unto him; {for} we cannot order {our speech} by reason of darkness.
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Many, O LORD my God, {are} thy wonderful works {which} thou hast done, and thy thoughts {which are} to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: {if} I would declare and speak {of them}, they are more than can be numbered. {they cannot...: or, none can order them unto thee}
Come unto me, all {ye} that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Even to day {is} my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. {stroke: Heb. hand}
Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.