Job 6:9
Yea, that it would please God that he might crush me: that he would let loose his hand, and make an end of me!
Leeser Tanakh
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
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4But he himself went forward into the wilderness a day's journey, and he came and sat down under a certain broom-bush: and he requested for himself to die; and he said, It is enough, now, O Lord, take away my soul; for I am not better than my fathers.
Job 3:21Who wait for death, which [cometh] not; and who dig for it sooner than for hidden treasures;
Job 10:1My soul is disgusted with my life; I will give free vent to my complaint over myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 19:21Spare me, spare me, O ye, my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, though not into silver: I have approved thee in the crucible of affliction.
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God made ready a hot east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he became faint; and he wished for himself to 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 →