Job 6:9 “that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me…”

Job 6:9

that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

World English Bible

even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

American Standard Version

Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Geneva Bible 1599

That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.

Darby Translation

And that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

Young's Literal Translation

That God would please — and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!

Bible in Basic English

If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

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Cross references

“that it would”

1 Kings 19:4 Jonah 4:3 Jonah 4:8 Job 3:20–22 Job 14:13 Revelation 9:6

1 Kings 19:4 · BSB

while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

Jonah 4:3 · BSB

And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8 · BSB

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Job 3:20–22 · BSB

Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

Job 14:13 · BSB

If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

Revelation 9:6 · BSB

In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

“that he would”

Isaiah 48:10–13 Job 19:21 Psalm 32:4

Isaiah 48:10–13 · BSB

See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Job 19:21 · BSB

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

Psalm 32:4 · BSB

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:

10It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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