Job 6:9
That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
8Oh that I might haue my desire, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4But he went a dayes iourney into the wildernesse, and came and sate downe vnder a iuniper tree, and desired that he might die, and sayde, It is now ynough: O Lord, take my soule, for I am no better then my fathers.
Job 3:21Which long for death, and if it come not, they would euen search it more then treasures:
Job 10:1My soule is cut off though I liue: I wil leaue my complaint vpon my selfe, and wil speake in the bitternesse of my soule.
Job 19:21Haue pitie vpon me: haue pitie vpon me, (O yee my friendes) for the hande of God hath touched me.
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I haue fined thee, but not as siluer: I haue chosen thee in the fornace of affliction.
Jonah 4:8And when the sunne did arise, God prepared also a feruent East winde: and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that he fainted, and wished in his heart to die, and said, It is better for me to dye, then to liue.
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 →