OLD TESTAMENT

Job 6:3

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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash.

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Verse 3. Heavier. The figure hyperbole is frequently used in Scripture, to give us some idea of what surpasses our understanding. Job intimates that he punishment was incomparably greater than his sins. As he and other saints, particularly our Saviour and the blessed Virgin, have thus patiently suffered more than they had deserved, these merits form part of that treasure of the Church, out of which the pope and bishops are empowered to dispense indulgences, to release people from the pains due to sin, either in this world or in purgatory. Worthington.—Septuagint “Yea, these (sorrows) are heavier than the sand of the seashore. But, it seems my words are wicked.” Bible.

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