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Verse         Translation Text
Job 6:8 Strong Concordance Oh that I might have [0935] my request [07596]; and that God [0433] would grant [05414] me the thing that I long for [08615]!
  King James Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
To desire death is no necessary proof of fitness for death. The ungodly sometimes desire it, so as to escape troubles, without thought of the hereafter. The godly desire it, in order to be with the Lord; but they patiently wait God's will.
 
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14 And he shall break [07665] it as the breaking [07667] of the potters [03335] ' vessel [05035] that is broken in pieces [03807]; he shall not spare [02550]: so that there shall not be found [04672] in the bursting [04386] of it a sherd [02789] to take [02846] fire [0784] from the hearth [03344], or to take [02834] water [04325] withal out of the pit [01360].
18 Do good [03190] in thy good pleasure [07522] unto Zion [06726]: build [01129] thou the walls [02346] of Jerusalem [03389].
6 Sacrifice [02077] and offering [04503] thou didst not desire [02654]; mine ears [0241] hast thou opened [03738]: burnt offering [05930] and sin offering [02401] hast thou not required [07592].
50 This is my comfort [05165] in my affliction [06040]: for thy word [0565] hath quickened [02421] me.
16 He hath said [05002], which heard [08085] the words [0561] of God [0410], and knew [03045] the knowledge [01847] of the most High [05945], which saw [02372] the vision [04236] of the Almighty [07706], falling [05307] into a trance, but having his eyes [05869] open [01540]:
4 He hath said [05002], which heard [08085] the words [0561] of God [0410], which saw [02372] the vision [04236] of the Almighty [07706], falling [05307] into a trance, but having his eyes [05869] open [01540]:
11 My foot [07272] hath held [0270] his steps [0838], his way [01870] have I kept [08104], and not declined [05186].
5 O that [05414] ye would altogether [02790] hold your peace [02790] ! and it should be your wisdom [02451].
12 Mine age [01755] is departed [05265], and is removed [01540] from me as a shepherd's [07473] tent [0168]: I have cut off [07088] like a weaver [0707] my life [02416]: he will cut me off [01214] with pining sickness [01803]: from day [03117] even to night [03915] wilt thou make an end [07999] of me.
8 For what is the hope [08615] of the hypocrite [02611], though he hath gained [01214], when God [0433] taketh away [07953] his soul [05315]?
8 Oh that I might have [0935] my request [07596]; and that God [0433] would grant [05414] me the thing that I long for [08615]!