Job 6:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 6:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 6:3 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. my words...: that is, I want ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 6:3 — KJV
“For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. my words...: that is, I want words to express my grief”
— Job 6:3 (KJV)
Job 6:3 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 6:3
“See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:3: now, sand, sea
“Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:3: now, than, sand
“And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:3: now, would, than
“And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? asked...: Heb. asking asked us tenor: Heb. mouth could...: Heb. knowing could we know”
Shares key themes with Job 6:3: now, would, words
“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;”
Shares key themes with Job 6:3: now, sand, therefore
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