Job 6:8–9
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8“How I wish that my prayer would be answered—
that God would give me what I’m hoping for,
9that God would ⸤finally⸥ be willing to crush me,
that he would reach out to cut me off.
Copyright 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“Oh that I might have my request,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
that it would please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant what I hope for,
that God would be willing to crush me,
to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
If only my request would be granted
and God would provide what I hope for:
that he would decide to crush me,
to unleash his power and cut me off!
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NLTNew Living Translation
“Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant my desire.
I wish he would crush me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“O that my request may come,
and that God may grant my hope,
that God would decide that he would crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Oh that I might have my request;
And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Even that it would please God to destroy me;
That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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