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Read Full Chapter (Job 6) Job 6:8-10 KJV
"Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One."
Job 6:8-10 in Context (Verses 5–13 KJV)
5
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?*
6
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
8
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!*
9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
12
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?*
13
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?