Job 6:3

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea,.... Or "seas" (z); all sand is heavy in its own nature, Pro 27:3; especially the sand of the sea, that which is immediately taken out of it; for…

Heavier than the sand of the sea - That is, they would be found to be insupportable. Who could bear up the sands of the sea? So Job says of his sorrows. A comparison somewhat similar is found in Pro…

Eliphaz, in the beginning of his discourse, had been very sharp upon Job, and yet it does not appear that Job gave him any interruption, but heard him patiently till he had said all he had to say.…

the sand of the sea A frequent figure for that which is infinite in weight, Pro 27:3, or number, Gen 32:12, or measure, Jer 33:22.

are swallowed up Rather, have been wild, or perhaps vainor idle.…