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Job 6:8
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If only my request would be grantedand God would provide what I hope for:
"Oh that I might have my request; That God would grant the thing that I long for!
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
"Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope,
"How I wish that I might have what I ask for and that God would give me what I hope for.
"Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!
"Oh that my request would come to pass, And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
"Oh, that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my hope!
"Oh that I might have my request; That God would grant the thing that I long for!
Oh that I might haue my desire, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
"Oh that my request might come to pass,And that God would grant my hope!
If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
How I wish that God would answer my prayer
"If only I could have my wish granted, and God would give me what I'm hoping for —
Oh that I might have my request, and that +God would grant my desire!
"I wish I could have what I ask for. I wish God would give me what I want.
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Why won't God give me what I ask? Why won't he answer my prayer?
"O that my request may come, and that God may grant my hope,
Who will give it that my desire might come, and God would grant my longing;
O that I might haue my desyre: O yt God wolde graunte me the thynge, that I longe for:
Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!
O that I might haue my desire, and that God woulde graunt me the thing that I long for:
Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
O that I might haue my request! and that God would graunt mee the thing that I long for!
For oh that he would grant my desire, and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope!
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for.
Who yyueth, that myn axyng come; and that God yyue to me that, that Y abide?
Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
"Oh, that I might have my request, That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
"If only I might get what I ask for, and that God would give me what I desire!
"O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire;
Oh that my request would come! and, my hope, oh that GOD would grant!
Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for?
"O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire;
O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
"All I want is an answer to one prayer, a last request to be honored: Let God step on me—squash me like a bug, and be done with me for good. I'd at least have the satisfaction of not having blasphemed the Holy God, before being pressed past the limits. Where's the strength to keep my hopes up? What future do I have to keep me going? Do you think I have nerves of steel? Do you think I'm made of iron? Do you think I can pull myself up by my bootstraps? Why, I don't even have any boots!
"Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the thing that I long for: Heb. my expectation, Job 6:11-13, Job 17:14-16, Psalms 119:81
Reciprocal: Numbers 11:15 - kill me Job 10:1 - My soul Jonah 4:3 - take
Cross-References
God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.
"Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
"You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.
For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.
The Lord protects all those who love him, but he destroys the wicked.
Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation.
For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord .
The Lord approves of those who are good, but he condemns those who plan wickedness.
This is what the Lord says: "Those who survive the coming destruction will find blessings even in the barren land, for I will give rest to the people of Israel."
"Don't be afraid, Mary," the angel told her, "for you have found favor with God!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And that I might have my request,.... Or that it "might come" m; that it might go up to heaven, enter there, and come into the ears of the Lord, be attended to, admitted, and received by him, see
Psalms 18:6; or come to Job, be returned into his bosom, be answered and fulfilled; the same with the desire that "cometh", which is, when the thing desired is enjoyed, Proverbs 13:12; or that what he had requested would come, namely, death, which is sometimes represented as a person that looks in at the windows, and comes into the houses of men, and seizes on them, Jeremiah 9:21; and this is what Job wishes for; this was his sole request; this was the thing, the one thing, that lay uppermost in his mind, and he was most importunately solicitous for:
and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for! death, as the following words explain it; this is not desirable by nature, but contrary to it; it is itself a penal evil, the sanction and curse of the law; it is an enemy, and a very formidable one, the king of terrors; and, though a very formidable, one, is desired by good men from a principle of grace, and with right views, to be rid of sin, and to be with Christ; yet it often is done by persons in melancholy, sullen, and humorous fits, when they cannot have what they would, as in Rachel, Elijah, and Jonah, Genesis 30:1; and because of sore troubles and afflictions, which was the present case of Job; though it must be said that it was not, as is frequently the case with wicked men, through the horrors of a guilty conscience, which he was free of; and he had faith, and hope of comfort in another world, and in some degree he submitted to the will and pleasure of God; though pressed with too much eagerness, importunity, and passion: and it may be observed, that Job did not make request to men, to his servants, or friends about him, to dispatch him, as Abimelech and Saul did; nor did he lay hands on himself, or attempt to do it, as Saul, Ahithophel, and Judas: the wretched philosophy of the stoics was not known in Job's time, which not only makes suicide lawful, but commends it as an heroic action; no, Job makes his, request to the God of his life, who had given it to him, and had maintained it hitherto, and who only had a right to dispose of it; he asks it as a favour, he desires it as a gift, he had nothing else to ask, nothing was more or so desirable to him as death.
m תבוא "ut veniat", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt, Michaelis; "utinam veniret", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Oh that I might have my request - To wit, death. This he desired as the end of his sorrows, either that he might be freed from them, or that he might be admitted to a happy world - or both.
Would grant me the thing that I long for - Margin, “My expectation.” That is, death. He expected it; he looked out for it; he was impatient that the hour should come. This state of feeling is not uncommon - where sorrows become so accumulated and intense that a man desires to die. It is no evidence, however, of a preparation for death. The wicked are more frequently in this state than the righteous. They are overwhelmed with pain; they see no hope of deliverance from it and they impatiently wish that the end had come. They are stupid about the future world, and either suppose that the grave is the end of their being, or that in some undefinable way they will be made happy hereafter. The righteous, on the other hand, are willing to wait until God shall be pleased to release them, feeling that He has some good purpose in all that they endure, and that they do not suffer one pang too much. Such sometimes were Job’s feelings; but here, as in some other instances, no one can doubt that he was betrayed into unjustifiable impatience under his sorrows, and that he expressed an improper wish to die.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 6:8. O that I might have — As Job had no hope that he should ever be redeemed from his present helpless state, he earnestly begs God to shorten it by taking away his life.
