Job 6:8
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
O that I might haue my request! and that God would graunt mee †the thing that I long for!
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. my expectation.
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- Psalms 119:81Rank 1 from verse 8
- Job 17:14–16Rank 2 from verse 8
14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
14I haue †said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worme, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
16They shall goe downe to the barres of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
- Job 6:11–13Rank 3 from verse 8
11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine ende, that I should prolong my life?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh †of brasse?
13 Is not my helpe in me? and is wisedome driuen quite from me?
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Job 6:8
Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
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The expression of desire to some person for something to be granted or done; an asking; a petition.
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The one true God.
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Sense 1: To give, bestow, allow, or confer, especially in answer to a request. Sense 2: A gift, allowance, or permission conferred by one in authority.
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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
7The things that my soule refused to touch, are as my sorrowfull meat.
8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
8O that I might haue my request! and that God would graunt mee †the thing that I long for!
Selected passage9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
9Euen that it would please God to destroy mee, that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off.