Job 6:2
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O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance.

throughly.

Job 4:5 But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: It hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.

Job 23:2 Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.

laid.

Context
Job Replies: My Complaint is Just
1But Job answered, and said: 2O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance.3As the sand of the sea, this would appear heavier: therefore, my words are full of sorrow:…
Cross References
Job 6:1
But Job answered, and said:

Job 23:2
Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.

Job 31:6
Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.

Lexicon
“If only
ל֗וּ (lū)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 3863: If, would that!

my grief
כַּעְשִׂ֑י (ka‘·śî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3708: Vexation, anger

could be weighed
שָׁק֣וֹל (šā·qō·wl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 8254: To suspend, poise

and
והיתי (wə·hay·yā·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

placed
יִשְׂאוּ־ (yiś·’ū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

with
יָֽחַד׃ (yā·ḥaḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3162: A unit, unitedly

my calamity
וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗י (wə·haw·wā·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1962: Calamity

on the scales.
בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם (bə·mō·zə·na·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - md
Strong's Hebrew 3976: A pair of scales


Additional Translations
“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

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

Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!

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

Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

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

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