King James Version
Job 6:10 in the King James Version says “Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the wo...” — study this verse from Job chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 6:10 · 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
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.
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? of brass: Heb. brasen?
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“for I have not concealed”
H3582to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy
“of the Holy One”
H6918sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
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