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# if only my anguish were weighed; if only all my calamity were laid in the balance

Here the writer uses parallelism to emphasize the burden of Job's suffering. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "if only I could weigh my anguish and all my calamities in the balance" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# in the balance

"on a scale"
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# if only my anguish were weighed; if only all my calamity were laid in the balance`

tN issue 3379 2019-04-03 20:52:59 +00:00			`Here the writer uses parallelism to emphasize the burden of Job's suffering. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "if only I could weigh my anguish and all my calamities in the balance" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])`
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			`# in the balance`

			`"on a scale"`