8"Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,


In Context

5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg ?

7 I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.

8 "Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,

9 that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off!

10 Then I would still have this consolation- my joy in unrelenting pain- that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

Job 6:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8Oh that I might have my request, and that +God would grant my desire!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8|Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!