Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life! New Living Translation I wish he would crush me. I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me. English Standard Version that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! Berean Standard Bible that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off! King James Bible Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! New King James Version That it would please God to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off! New American Standard Bible “Oh, that God would decide to crush me, That He would let loose His hand and cut me off! NASB 1995 “Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off! NASB 1977 “Would that God were willing to crush me; That He would loose His hand and cut me off! Legacy Standard Bible Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would release His hand and cut me off! Amplified Bible “I wish that it would please God to crush me, That He would let loose His hand and cut me off. Christian Standard Bible that he would decide to crush me, to unleash his power and cut me off! Holman Christian Standard Bible that He would decide to crush me, to unleash His power 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! Aramaic Bible in Plain English And God would be persuaded and would cleanse me and would stretch out his hand and he would perfect me? Brenton Septuagint Translation Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me. Contemporary English Version and do away with me. Douay-Rheims Bible And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off? English Revised Version Even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! GOD'S WORD® Translation that God would [finally] be willing to crush me, that he would reach out to cut me off. Good News Translation If only he would go ahead and kill me! International Standard Version that God would just be willing to crush me; that he would let loose and eliminate me! JPS Tanakh 1917 Even that it would please God to crush me; That He would let loose His hand, and cut me off! Literal Standard Version That God would please—and bruise me, | Loose His hand and cut me off! Majority Standard Bible that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off! New American Bible Even that God would decide to crush me, that he would put forth his hand and cut me off! NET Bible And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me. New Revised Standard Version that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! New Heart English Bible even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off. Webster's Bible Translation 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! Young's Literal Translation That God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Replies: My Complaint is Just…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! 10It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.… Cross References Numbers 11:15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now--if I have found favor in Your eyes--and let me not see my own wretchedness." 1 Kings 19:4 while he himself traveled on 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." Job 6:8 If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope: Job 7:16 I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. Job 9:21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life. Job 10:1 "I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul. Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath." Treasury of Scripture Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! that it would. Job 3:20-22 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; … Job 7:15,16 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life… Job 14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! that he would. Job 19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. Psalm 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. Isaiah 48:10-13 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction… Jump to Previous Crush Cut Destroy End Hand Loose Please Pleased WillingJump to Next Crush Cut Destroy End Hand Loose Please Pleased WillingJob 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. (9) Even that it would please God . . .--The sequence of thought in these verses is obscure and uncertain. The speaker may mean that, notwithstanding all that might befall him, his consolation would still be that he had never denied the words of the Holy One. The words "I would harden myself in sorrow" are the most doubtful, not occurring elsewhere in Scripture. Some render the two clauses, "I would exult, or rejoice, in pain that spareth not;" but "Let him not spare," or "Though he spare not," seems preferable. Others render, "Though I burn in sorrow."Verse 9. - Even that it would please God to destroy me; or, to crush me (Revised Version) - "to break me in pieces" (Lee). That he would let loose his hand; or, put forth his hand - stretch it out against me threateningly." And cut me off. "Cut me off bit by bit" (Lee); comp. Isaiah 38:12, where the same word is used of a weaver, who cuts the threads of his loom one by one, until the whole is liberated and comes away. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew that Godאֱ֭לוֹהַּ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 433: God -- a deity, the Deity would be willing וְיֹאֵ֣ל (wə·yō·’êl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 2974: To show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything) to crush me, וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִי (wî·ḏak·kə·’ê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 1792: To crumble, to bruise to unleash יַתֵּ֥ר (yat·têr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 5425: To jump, be violently agitated, to terrify, shake off, untie His hand יָ֝ד֗וֹ (yā·ḏōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand and cut me off! וִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃ (wî·ḇaṣ·ṣə·‘ê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 1214: To cut off, break off, gain by violence Links Job 6:9 NIVJob 6:9 NLT Job 6:9 ESV Job 6:9 NASB Job 6:9 KJV Job 6:9 BibleApps.com Job 6:9 Biblia Paralela Job 6:9 Chinese Bible Job 6:9 French Bible Job 6:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 6:9 Even that it would please God (Jb) |
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