Job 6:9
And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
In Context
8Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for?
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord, take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.
Job 3:21That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:
Job 10:1My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 19:21Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.
Isaiah 48:10Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty.
Jonah 4:8And when the sun was risen, the Lord commanded a hot and burning wind: and the sun beat upon the head of Jonas, and he broiled with the heat: and he desired for his soul that he might die, and said: It is better for me to die than to live.
Matthew Henry on Job 6:9-14
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 13 Is not my help in me?… Read the whole commentary →