Job 6 · Verse 8

Job 6:8

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

Job 6:8, King James Version

Job 6:8 in other translations

BSB	If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
WEB	“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
ASV	Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
YLT	O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
DARBY	Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire!
BBE	If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!
Webster	Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

What does Job 6:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 8 O 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 6:8-13

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, serviceable to the glory of God. Those who have grace in them, who have the evidence of it, and have it in exercise, have wisdom in them, which will be their help in the worst of times.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 6:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִֽי\־mi-who?H4310

יִ֭תֵּןYi.tenwill he giveH5414

תָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'it will comeH935

שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑יshe.'e.la.Tipetition myH7596

וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗יve.tik.va.Tiand hope myH8615

יִתֵּ֥ןyi.Tenhe will giveH5414

אֱלֽוֹהַּ\׃'e.Lo.ahGodH433

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 6:8

Psalms 119:81
כ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Job 17:14-16
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Job 6:11-13
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the thing that I long for. Heb. my expectation.
11-13; 17:14-16; Ps 119:81

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Job 6:7
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
Job 6:8
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Job 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

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Job 6:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	¡Quién me diera que viniese mi petición, y que Dios me otorgase lo que espero;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Oh! si ma demande s’accomplissait, et si ✝Dieu m’accordait mon désir,
German Elberfelder 1871	O daß doch meine Bitte einträfe, und Gott mein Verlangen gewährte,
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Quis det ut veniat petitio mea, et quod expecto tribuat mihi Deus?