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Job 6:8
Job 6:8 is verse 8 of Job chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
King James Version
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
World English Bible
“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
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Job 6:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg ?
7 My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
8 If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
9 that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
10 It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Job 6:12Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
Job 6:13Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?
Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
Job 17:15where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.