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Job 6:2

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

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ל֗וּlvifלוּאconjunction — “if”H3863a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).שָׁק֣וֹלshaqolreceiveשָׁקַלverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “receive”, the verb used for emphasisH8254to suspend or poise (especially in trade)pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh.יִשָּׁקֵ֣לyishaqelreceiveשָׁקַלverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “receive”, an unfinished actionH8254to suspend or poise (especially in trade)pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh.כַּעְשִׂ֑יkasiangerכַּעַסnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3708vexationanger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.והיתיvhytyand calamityהַיָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and calamity”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1962ruincalamity.וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗יvehavatiand calamityהַוָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and calamity”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1942by implication, of falling); desire; also ruincalamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִםbemoznayimin balancesמֹאזֵןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, dual, absolute — “in balances”, the ordinary formH3976(only in the dual) a pair of scalesbalances.יִשְׂאוּyisvlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…יָֽחַדyachadalikeיַחַדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alike”, the ordinary formH3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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