Job 6:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Ohל֗וּ
(lu)
3863: if, oh thata prim. conjunction
that my griefכַּעְשִׂ֑י
(ka'·si;)
3708b: vexation, angerfrom kaas
were actuallyשָׁקֹ֣ול
(sha·ko·vl)
8254: to weigha prim. root
weighedיִשָּׁקֵ֣ל
(yi·sha·kel)
8254: to weigha prim. root
And laidיִשְׂאוּ־
(yis·'u-)
5375: to lift, carry, takea prim. root
in the balancesבְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם
(be·mo·ze·na·yim)
3976: balances, scalesfrom azan
togetherיָֽחַד׃
(ya·chad.)
3162: unitednessfrom yachad
with my calamity! 
 
1942: desire, chasm, destructionfrom havah


















KJV Lexicon
Oh that
luw'  (loo)
a conditional particle; if;; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that! -- if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
my grief
ka`ac  (kah'-as)
vexation -- anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
were throughly
shaqal  (shaw-kal')
to suspend or poise (especially in trade) -- pay, receive(-r), spend, throughly, weigh.
weighed
shaqal  (shaw-kal')
to suspend or poise (especially in trade) -- pay, receive(-r), spend, throughly, weigh.
and my calamity
havvah  (hav-vaw')
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin -- calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.
hayah  (hah-yaw')
ruin -- calamity.
laid
nasa'  (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
in the balances
mo'zen  (mo-zane')
(only in the dual) a pair of scales -- balances.
together
yachad  (yakh'-ad)
a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly -- alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation placed with it in the scales.

International Standard Version
"If only my grief could be weighed; or my calamity piled together on a balance scale!

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"If only my grief could be weighed, if only my misery could be laid on the scales with it,

King James 2000 Bible
Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
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