Job 6:8
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A Cry for Death
6:8“Oh that27 my request would be realized,28
and that God would grant me what I long for!29
Footnotes
- 27 The Hebrew expresses the desire (desiderative clause) with “who will give?” (see §151.d).
- 28 The verb בּוֹא (bo’, “go”) has the sense of “to be realized; to come to pass; to be fulfilled.” The optative “Who will give [that] my request be realized?” is “O that my request would be realized.”
- 29 The text has תִקְוָתִי (tiqvati, “hope”). There is no reason to change the text to “my desire” (as Driver and others do) if the word is interpreted metonymically—it means “what I hope for.” What Job hopes for and asks for is death. See further W. Riggans, “Job 6:8–10: Short Comments,” 99 (1987): 45–46.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“Oh that I might have my request,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant what I hope for,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
If only my request would be granted
and God would provide what I hope for:
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NLTNew Living Translation
“Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant my desire.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“O that my request may come,
and that God may grant my hope,
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KJV 1900King James Version
Oh that I might have my request;
And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
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