# 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"