Job 6:9
That it would please God to destroy me; That he would let loose his hand, and make an end of me!
Noyes Bible
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
8O that I might have my request, And that God would grant me that which I long for!
Cross References
Job 3:21Who long for death, and it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Job 10:1I am weary of my life; I will let loose within me my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 19:21Have pity upon me, O ye my friends! have pity upon me; For the hand of God hath smitten me!
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have melted thee, and found no silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.
Jonah 4:8And when the sun arose, God appointed a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, and he was faint, and he asked for himself death, 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 →