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

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

heavier		Pro 27:3; Mat 11:28
my words are swallowed up		that is, I want words to express my grief. Job 37:19,20; Psa 40:5; Psa 77:4

Correlating Passages

heavier

	Pro 27:3	A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.
	Mat 11:28	Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

my words are swallowed up

	Job 37:19	Teach us what we shall say unto him; [for] we cannot order [our speech] by reason of darkness.
	Job 37:20	Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
	Psa 40:5	Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.
	Psa 77:4	Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 6:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Job/6/3.html>.

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