For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas--no wonder my words have been rash.
Cross References
Job 23:2"Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
Job 31:6let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
Treasury of Scripture
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
heavier.
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Matthew 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 37:19,20
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness…
Psalm 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.
Psalm 77:4
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
