Job 6:8

Job 6:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
• New International Version (NIV)“Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Oh, that I might have my request, That God would grant me the thing that I long for!

Context of Job 6:8

6Can something that has no taste to it be eaten without salt? Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg? 7My soul refuses to touch them; Such things are like loathsome food to me [sickening and repugnant]. “Oh that my request would come to pass, And that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9I wish that it would please God to crush me, That He would let loose His hand and cut me off. 10Then I would still have consolation, And I would jump for joy amid unsparing pain, That I have not denied or hidden the words of the Holy One.

Job 6:8 word by word

מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן תָּב֣וֹא שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י יִתֵּ֥ן אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Oh that I might haveבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): fulfillH935
• my requestשְׁאֵלָהshe'êlâh shêlâh · petitionH7596
• and that Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• would grantנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• the thing that I long forתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615

Cross-references for Job 6:8

• Job 6:11What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]? And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?
• Job 17:14If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’; And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’
• Psalms 119:81My soul languishes and grows weak for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

Commentaries on Job 6:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8O that I might have - As Job had no hope that he should ever be redeemed from his present helpless state, he earnestly begs God to shorten it by taking away his life.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Oh that I might have my request - To wit, death. This he desired as the end of his sorrows, either that he might be freed from them, or that he might be admitted to a happy world - or both. Would grant me the thing that I long for - Margin, “My expectation.” That is, death. He expected it; he looked out for it; he was impatient that the hour should come. This state of feeling is not uncommon - where sorrows become so accumulated and intense that a man…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Job had desired death as the happy end of his miseries. For this, Eliphaz had reproved him, but he asks for it again with more vehemence than before. It was very rash to speak thus of God destroying him. Who, for one hour, could endure the wrath of the Almighty, if he let loose his hand against him? Let us rather say with David, O spare me a little. Job grounds his comfort upon the testimony of his conscience, that he had been, in some degree…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. To desire death is no necessary proof of fitness for death. The ungodly sometimes desire it, so as to escape troubles, without thought of the hereafter. The godly desire it, in order to be with the Lord; but they patiently wait God's will.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 6:8

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Death

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Arguing
• Arrow
• Conceal
• Harden
• Sorrowful
• Terror
• Papyrus
• Petition

Commentaries on Job 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings