job 6:3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

job 6:3 "For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, Therefore my words have been rash.

3. the sand-- (Pr 27:3).
are swallowed up--See Margin [that is, "I want words to express my grief"]. But Job plainly is apologizing, not for not having had words enough, but for having spoken too much and too boldly; and the Hebrew is, "to speak rashly" [UMBREIT, GESENIUS, ROSENMULLER]. "Therefore were my words so rash."

job 6:3 "For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, Therefore my words have been rash.

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