Job 6:2
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! | “If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales. | Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| if | ל֗וּ | Lu | H3863 | ifלוּ (lu) 1) if, oh that!, if only! 1a) if (unlikely condition) 1b) if only!, oh that!, would that! |
| certainly [if] to weigh | שָׁק֣וֹל | sha-KOL | H8254 | to weighשָׁקַל (sha.qal) 1) to weigh, weigh out, pay out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to weigh 1a2) to weigh out (a price) 1a3) of grief (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be weighed 1b2) to be weighed out Aramaic equivalent: te.qal (תְּקַל "to weigh" H8625A) |
| it will be weighed | יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל | yi-sha-KEL | H8254 | to weighשָׁקַל (sha.qal) 1) to weigh, weigh out, pay out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to weigh 1a2) to weigh out (a price) 1a3) of grief (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be weighed 1b2) to be weighed out Aramaic equivalent: te.qal (תְּקַל "to weigh" H8625A) |
| grief my | כַּעְשִׂ֑י | ka'-SI | H3708B | vexationכַּ֫עַשׂ (ka.as) 1) anger, vexation, provocation, grief 1a) vexation 1a1) of men 1a2) of God 1b) vexation, grief, frustration |
| and destruction my | וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗י | ve-hai-ya-ti | H1942 | desireהַוָּה (hav.vah) 1) desire 1a) desire (in bad sense) 2) chasm (fig. of destruction) 2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity |
| in [the] balances | בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם | be-mo-ze-NA-yim | H3976 | balanceמֹאזֵן (mo.zen) scales, balances Aramaic equivalent: mo.zen (מֹאזֵנְיָא "scale" H3977) |
| people will raise | יִשְׂאוּ־ | yis-'u- | H5375H | to lift: raiseנָשָׂא (na.sa) : raise/take_up 1) to lift, bear up, carry, take 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lift, lift up 1a2) to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure 1a3) to take, take away, carry off, forgive 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be lifted up, be exalted 1b2) to lift oneself up, rise up 1b3) to be borne, be carried 1b4) to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist 1c2) to desire, long (fig.) 1c3) to carry, bear continuously 1c4) to take, take away 1d) (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause one to bear (iniquity) … |
| together | יָֽחַד׃ | YA-chad | H3162A | unitednessיַ֫חַד (ya.chad) 1) union, unitedness |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.