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418 B
418 B
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"