King James Version
Job 6:9 in the King James Version says “Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!” — study this verse from Job chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!”
Job 6:9 · KJV
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
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?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Even that it would please”
H2974properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
“to destroy”
H1792to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
“me that he would let loose”
H5425to jump, i.e., be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie
“his hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“and cut me off”
H1214to break off, i.e., (usually) plunder; figuratively, to finish, or (intransitively) stop
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