Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for, New Living Translation “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant my desire. English Standard Version “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope, Berean Standard Bible If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope: King James Bible Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! New King James Version “Oh, that I might have my request, That God would grant me the thing that I long for! New American Standard Bible “Oh, that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my hope! NASB 1995 “Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing! NASB 1977 “Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing! Legacy Standard Bible “Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my hope! Amplified Bible “Oh that my request would come to pass, And that God would grant me the thing that I long for! Christian Standard Bible If only my request would be granted and God would provide what I hope for: Holman Christian Standard Bible If only my request would be granted and God would provide what I hope for: American Standard Version Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for! Aramaic Bible in Plain English Who will grant me that my request may come and God would grant my hope Brenton Septuagint Translation For oh that he would grant my desire, and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope! Contemporary English Version How I wish that God would answer my prayer Douay-Rheims Bible Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for? English Revised Version Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for. GOD'S WORD® Translation "How I wish that my prayer would be answered- that God would give me what I'm hoping for, Good News Translation Why won't God give me what I ask? Why won't he answer my prayer? International Standard Version "Who will grant my wish? I wish God would grant what I'm hoping for: JPS Tanakh 1917 Oh that I might have my request, And that God would grant me the thing that I long for! Literal Standard Version O that my request may come, | That God may grant my hope! Majority Standard Bible If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope: New American Bible Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant what I long for: NET Bible "Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for! New Revised Standard Version “O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire; New Heart English Bible "Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for, Webster's Bible Translation Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! World English Bible “Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for, Young's Literal Translation O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Replies: My Complaint is Just…7My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me. 8If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope: 9that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!… Cross References Job 6:7 My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me. Job 6:9 that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off! Jonah 4:3 And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live." Treasury of Scripture Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! the thing that I long for. Job 6:11-13 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? … Job 17:14-16 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister… Psalm 119:81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. Jump to Previous Desire Grant Hope Longing Prayer RequestJump to Next Desire Grant Hope Longing Prayer RequestJob 6 1. Job shows that his complaints are not causeless.8. He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort. 14. He reproves his friends of unkindness. (8) Oh that I might have my request.--Baffled in the direction of his fellow-creatures, he turns, like many others, to God as his only hope, although it is rather from God than in God that his hope lies. However exceptional Job's trials, yet his language is the common language of all sufferers who think that relief, if it comes, must come through change of circumstances rather than in themselves in relation to circumstances. Thus Job looks forward to death as his only hope; whereas with God and in God there were many years of life and prosperity in store for him. So strong is this feeling in him, that he calls death the thing that he longs for, his hope or expectation. (Comp. Job 17, where even the hope that he had in death seems to have passed away and to have issued in blank hopelessness.)Verse 8. - Oh that I might have my request! Here the second point is taken up. Eliphaz has threatened Job with death, representing it as the last and most terrible of punishments (Job 4:9, 20, 21; Job 5:2). Job's reply is that there is nothing he desires so much as death. His primary wish would have been never to have been born (Job 3:3-10); next to that, he would have desired an early death - the earlier the more acceptable (Job 3:11-19). As both these have been denied him, what he now desires, and earnestly asks for, is a speedy demise. It is not as yet clear what he thinks death to be, or whether he has any hope beyond the grave. Putting aside all such considerations, he here simply balances death against such a life as he now leads, and must expect to lead, since his disease is incurable, and decides in favour of death. It is not only his desire, but his "request" to God, that death may come to him quickly. And that God would grant me the thing that I long for; literally, my expectation or wish. The idea of taking his own life does not seem to have occurred to Job, as it would to a Greek (Plato, 'Phaedo,' § 16) or a Roman (Pithy, 'Epist.,' 1:12). He is too genuine a child of nature, too simple and unsophisticated, for such a thought to occur, and, if it occurred, would be too religious to entertain it for a moment. Like Aristotle, he would feel the act to be cowardly (Aristotle, 'Eth. Nic.,' 5, sub fin.); and, like Plato (l.s.c.), he would view it as rebellion against the will of God. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew If onlyמִֽי־ (mî-) Interjection Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix my request שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑י (še·’ĕ·lā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7596: Request, thing asked for were granted תָּב֣וֹא (tā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go and God אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 433: God -- a deity, the Deity would fulfill יִתֵּ֥ן (yit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set my hope: וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י (wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 8615: A cord, expectancy Links Job 6:8 NIVJob 6:8 NLT Job 6:8 ESV Job 6:8 NASB Job 6:8 KJV Job 6:8 BibleApps.com Job 6:8 Biblia Paralela Job 6:8 Chinese Bible Job 6:8 French Bible Job 6:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 6:8 Oh that I might have my request (Jb) |
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