Job 6:8 · KJV
“Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant {me} the thing that I long for! {the thing...: Heb. my expectation}”
— Job 6:8
The things {that} my soul refused to touch {are} as my sorrowful meat.
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job 6 — Context
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there {any} taste in the white of an egg?
7The things {that} my soul refused to touch {are} as my sorrowful meat.
8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant {me} the thing that I long for! {the thing...: Heb. my expectation}
9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10Then 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.
Cross References
Psalms 119:81
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: {but} I hope in thy word.
Job 17:14-16
I have said to corruption, Thou {art} my father: to the worm, {Thou art} my mother, and my sister. {said: Heb. cried, or, called}
Job 6:11-13
What {is} my strength, that I should hope? and what {is} mine end, that I should prolong my life?