Job 6:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:”
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BSBPD
“If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grantmethe thing that I long for!”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 6:8 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 19:4while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
- Job 3:21who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
- Job 3:22who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
- Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
- Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
- Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
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