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title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“If my misery could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Oh, that my grief were fully weighed, And my calamity laid with it on the scales!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Oh if only my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my disaster!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Oh that my vexation were actually weighed, And laid in the balances together with my iniquity!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Oh that my vexation were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my destruction!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighed And placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation placed with it on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation placed with it in the scales. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />It's impossible to weigh my misery and grief! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"If only my grief could be weighed, if only my misery could be laid on the scales with it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"If only my grief could be weighed; or my calamity piled together on a balance scale!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, "" And my calamity in balances "" They would lift up together!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I would weighing, my anger shall be weighed, and my falls shall be lifted up in the balances together.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I wish that my sins, for which I deserve wrath, and the calamity that I endure, were weighed out on a balance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Ah, could my anguish but be measured and my calamity laid with it in the scales, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“O that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Oh that my grief were weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances against it!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Oh, but that my anger were weighed and a piece of my mind in a scale together<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And my calamity laid in the balances altogether!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/6-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=837" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/6.htm">Job Replies: My Complaint is Just</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Then Job replied: <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3863.htm" title="3863: lū (Prep) -- If, oh that. Or lu; or luw; a conditional particle; if; by implication would that!">“If only</a> <a href="/hebrew/3708.htm" title="3708: ka‘·śî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Vexation, anger. Or kaoas; from ka'ac; vexation.">my grief</a> <a href="/hebrew/8254.htm" title="8254: šā·qō·wl (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To weigh. A primitive root; to suspend or poise.">could be weighed</a> <a href="/hebrew/8254.htm" title="8254: yiš·šā·qêl (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To weigh. A primitive root; to suspend or poise."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: yiś·’ū- (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">and placed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3162.htm" title="3162: yā·ḥaḏ (Adv) -- Unitedness. From yachad; properly, a unit, i.e. unitedly.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/1962.htm" title="1962: wə·hay·yå̄·ṯī (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Calamity. Another form for hovah; ruin.">my calamity</a> <a href="/hebrew/3976.htm" title="3976: bə·mō·zə·na·yim (Prep-b:: N-md) -- Balances, scales. From 'azan; a pair of scales.">on the scales.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/23-2.htm">Job 23:2</a></span><br />“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11</a></span><br />Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/10-1.htm">Job 10:1</a></span><br />“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/21-4.htm">Job 21:4</a></span><br />Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/9-27.htm">Job 9:27-28</a></span><br />If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’ / I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/16-6.htm">Job 16:6</a></span><br />Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/30-16.htm">Job 30:16</a></span><br />And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-2.htm">Job 33:2-3</a></span><br />Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue. / My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/55-2.htm">Psalm 55:2</a></span><br />Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-4.htm">Psalm 38:4</a></span><br />For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-5.htm">Psalm 42:5</a></span><br />Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-3.htm">Psalm 77:3</a></span><br />I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-1.htm">Psalm 102:1-2</a></span><br />A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You. / Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19-20</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall. / Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/18-14.htm">Proverbs 18:14</a></span><br />The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!</p><p class="hdg">throughly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/4-5.htm">Job 4:5</a></b></br> But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/23-2.htm">Job 23:2</a></b></br> Even to day <i>is</i> my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.</p><p class="hdg">laid.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/20-6.htm">Actually</a> <a href="/esther/4-14.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/job/2-13.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-36.htm">Balances</a> <a href="/esther/8-6.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/job/3-24.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/esther/10-1.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-18.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/job/5-7.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-2.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/esther/6-8.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/job/5-2.htm">Provocation</a> <a href="/ezra/8-29.htm">Scales</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-18.htm">Thoroughly</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-17.htm">Throughly</a> <a href="/job/3-18.htm">Together</a> <a href="/job/5-7.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/5-2.htm">Vexation</a> <a href="/ezra/8-34.htm">Weighed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/8-8.htm">Actually</a> <a href="/job/10-8.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/job/7-11.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/psalms/62-9.htm">Balances</a> <a href="/job/6-21.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/job/9-18.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/job/10-13.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/job/7-4.htm">Measured</a> <a href="/job/7-3.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/job/18-4.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/job/18-10.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/job/17-2.htm">Provocation</a> <a href="/job/31-6.htm">Scales</a> <a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Thoroughly</a> <a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Throughly</a> <a href="/job/9-22.htm">Together</a> <a href="/job/6-30.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/10-17.htm">Vexation</a> <a href="/job/28-15.htm">Weighed</a><div class="vheading2">Job 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-1.htm">Job shows that his complaints are not causeless.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-8.htm">He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-14.htm">He reproves his friends of unkindness.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>If only my grief could be weighed</b><br>Job expresses a deep desire for his suffering to be understood and quantified. In the ancient Near Eastern context, weighing was a common method to determine value and worth, often used in trade and justice. Job's grief is immense, and he wishes it could be measured to convey its true magnitude. This reflects the human longing for empathy and validation in suffering. The concept of weighing is also seen in <a href="/proverbs/16-2.htm">Proverbs 16:2</a>, where God weighs the spirits, indicating divine understanding and judgment.<p><b>and placed with my calamity on the scales.</b><br>The imagery of scales suggests a legal or judicial setting, where matters are weighed to determine justice. Job's calamity, which includes loss of wealth, family, and health, is overwhelming. In the cultural context, suffering was often seen as a result of sin, yet Job maintains his innocence. This plea for his suffering to be weighed alongside his calamity underscores his belief in his righteousness and the injustice of his situation. The scales also symbolize balance and fairness, themes echoed in the divine justice seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Isaiah 40:12</a>, where God measures the waters and the heavens, highlighting His omniscience and fairness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and perseverance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived. It is often associated with the region east of Israel, though its exact location is uncertain.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who come to comfort Job but end up engaging in a series of dialogues with him, often misunderstanding his plight.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who allows Job's testing and ultimately restores him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's integrity, suggesting that his faithfulness is due to his prosperity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>Job's expression of wanting his grief weighed highlights the depth of human suffering. Believers are reminded that God understands the weight of our trials even when others do not.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_lament.htm">The Importance of Lament</a></b><br>Job's lamentation is a model for believers to bring their deepest pains and questions before God. It is a reminder that lament is a valid and biblical response to suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_in_friendship.htm">Empathy in Friendship</a></b><br>Job's friends initially come to comfort him but fail to empathize with his pain. This teaches the importance of truly listening and being present with those who suffer, rather than offering simplistic answers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_compassion.htm">God's Sovereignty and Compassion</a></b><br>While Job's suffering is immense, the account ultimately points to God's sovereign control and compassionate restoration. Believers can trust in God's ultimate plan and care.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_amidst_trials.htm">Faith Amidst Trials</a></b><br>Job's account encourages believers to maintain their faith even when circumstances are dire, trusting that God is just and will ultimately vindicate the righteous.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_6_2-3_literal_or_metaphorical.htm">In Job 6:2–3, does the claim that Job’s grief outweighs the sand of the seas present a literal impossibility or exaggerated metaphor? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_divine_arrows_explain_job's_suffering.htm">In Job 6:4, how could divine arrows filled with poison be reconciled with any natural or historical cause of Job's suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_wish_for_death_in_job_6_8-9.htm">In Job 6:8-9, why would Job, a faithful man, wish for God to grant him death, and does this contradict other biblical teachings on life's sanctity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_disasters.htm">Why does God allow suffering? Why He can't stop disasters, earthquakes, tornadoes and storms from occurring?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/6-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“If only</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3863.htm">Strong's 3863: </a> </span><span class="str2">If, would that!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my grief</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּעְשִׂ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(ka‘·śî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vexation, anger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">could be weighed</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁק֣וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(šā·qō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8254.htm">Strong's 8254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To suspend, poise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">והיתי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hay·yā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">placed</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂאוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·’ū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">יָֽחַד׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḥaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3162.htm">Strong's 3162: </a> </span><span class="str2">A unit, unitedly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my calamity</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·haw·wā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1962.htm">Strong's 1962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Calamity </span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the scales.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mō·zə·na·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3976.htm">Strong's 3976: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pair of scales</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/6-2.htm">OT Poetry: Job 6:2 Oh that my anguish were weighed (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/6-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 6:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 6:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/6-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 6:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 6:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>