Verse List for JOB 6:2

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) If only my anguish could be truly weighed, ⇔ and my calamity could be put together with it on the scales.

OET-LV If actually _(weigh) it _will _be _weighed grief _of_my and_destruction _of_my[fn] in_the_balances people _will _raise together.

ULT “If only my anguish, being weighed, were weighed, ⇔  and my calamity lay in the balances together, with it!

UST “If I could put all my troubles and misery ⇔  on a scale and weigh them,

BSB & MSB “If only my grief could be weighed ⇔  and placed with my calamity on the scales.

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB “Oh that my anguish were weighed, ⇔  and all my calamity laid in the balances!

NET “Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, ⇔ and my misfortune laid on the scales too!

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

FBV “If my grief could be weighed and my troubles placed on the scales

T4T “If all my troubles and misery could be put on a scale and weighed,

LEB
• “If only my vexation could be well weighed,
• and my calamity could be lifted up together with it in the balances,

BBE If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!

Moff “‘Passion?’ Compare my passion of despair ⇔  with the full weight of my calamity!--

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

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

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

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

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

RV Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
(Oh that my vexation/frustration were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!)

SLT I would weighing, my anger shall be weighed, and my falls shall be lifted up in the balances together.

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

KJB-1769 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together![fn]
(Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!)

KJB-1611 Oh that my griefe were throughly weighed, and my calamitie [fn]layd in the balances together.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps O that my complaynt were truely wayed, and my punishment layde in the balaunces together:
(Oh that my complaint were truly wayed, and my punishment laid in the balances together:)

Gnva Oh that my griefe were well weighed, and my miseries were layed together in the balance.
(Oh that my grief were well weighed, and my miseries were laid together in the balance.)

Cvdl O that my misery weere weyed, and my punyshment layed in the balaunces:
(Oh that my misery wear weighed, and my punishment laid in the balances:)

Wycl Y wolde, that my synnes, bi whiche Y `desseruede ire, and the wretchidnesse which Y suffre, weren peisid in a balaunce.
(I would, that my sins, by which I desseruede ire, and the wretchedness which I suffre, were peisid in a balance.)

Luth Wenn man meinen Jammer wöge und mein Leiden zusammen in eine Waage legte,
(When man my misery wöge and my suffering(n) together in a/one scale laid,)

ClVg [Utinam appenderentur peccata mea quibus iram merui, et calamitas quam patior, in statera ![fn]
([Utinam appenderentur sins my to_whom anger merui, and calamity/disaster how I_suffer, in/into/on balance(n)/scales !)

UHB ל֗וּ שָׁק֣וֹל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל כַּעְשִׂ֑⁠י וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗י [fn] בְּֽ⁠מֹאזְנַ֥יִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָֽחַד׃ ‡

BrLXX Εἰ γάρ τις ἱστῶν στήσαι μου τὴν ὀργὴν, τὰς δὲ ὀδύνας μου ἄραι ἐν ζυγῷ ὁμοθυμαδὸν,

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