What does Job 6:2 mean?

Job 6:2 highlights themes such as grief, suffering, lament when read in context.

How should I apply Job 6:2 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

1But Job answered and said,

2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

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

4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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Psalm 38:4
Both verses express deep sorrow and a desire for understanding of one's suffering.
2 Corinthians 1:8
Paul speaks of his afflictions, paralleling Job's expression of grief.
Lamentations 3:19-20
Lamentations also reflects on the heaviness of grief, similar to Job's lament.

Source: Job 6:2