God’s Word Translation
Job 6:8
8“How I wish that my prayer would be answered— that God would give me what I’m hoping for,
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
6Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the white of an egg? 7I refuse to touch such things. They are disgusting to me. “How I wish that my prayer would be answered— that God would give me what I’m hoping for, 9that God would ⌞finally⌟ be willing to crush me, that he would reach out to cut me off. 10Then I would still have comfort. I would be happy despite my endless pain, because I have not rejected the words of the Holy One.
Read all of Job 6Job 6:8 word by word
מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן תָּב֣וֹא שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י יִתֵּ֥ן אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 6:8
- Job 6:11What strength do I have ⌞left⌟ that I can go on hoping? What goal do I have that I would want to prolong my life?
- Job 17:14if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘You are my mother and sister,’
- Psalms 119:81My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me. My hope is based on 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
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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
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