Job 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 6 connects to 10 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 …
Other Translations
Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
That God would please--and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!
Cross References
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I …
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death …
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, …
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.