“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.Job 6:2
Original language and places
Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.
Original language (Hebrew)
ל֗וּ שָׁק֣וֹל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל כַּעְשִׂ֑י וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗י בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָֽחַד׃
- ל֗וּLu“<if>”Conjunction · from לוּ · “if” · Strong's H3863
- שָׁק֣וֹלsha.Kol“certainly [if] <to weigh>”Verb, qal, infinitive absolute, absolute · from שָׁקַל · “to weigh” · Strong's H8254
- יִשָּׁקֵ֣לyi.sha.Kel“it will be weighed”Verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from שָׁקַל · “to weigh” · Strong's H8254
- כַּעְשִׂ֑יka'.Si“grief my”Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from כַּ֫עַשׂ · “vexation” · Strong's H3708B
- וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗יve.hai.ya.ti“and destruction my”Conjunction + Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from הַוָּה · “desire” · Strong's H1942Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
- בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִםbe.mo.ze.Na.yim“in [the] balances”Preposition + Noun, masculine, dual, absolute · from מֹאזֵן · “balance” · Strong's H3976
- יִשְׂאוּ־yis.'u-“people will raise”Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from נָשָׂא · “bear” · Strong's H5375H
- יָֽחַד׃Ya.chad“together”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from יַ֫חַד · “unitedness” · Strong's H3162A
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)