Job 6:8
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 6 connects to 5 cross-references. Job responds to Eliphaz with a passionate defense of his anguish, comparing his grief to sand on seashores. He accuses his friends of being like a wadi that disappoints travelers in the dry season, pleading for honesty rather than empty …
תרגומים נוספים
Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grantmethe thing that I long for!
O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!
הפניות צולבות
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.