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Job 6:9
even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job 6:9 · World English Bible
Job 6:9 in other translations
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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In context
6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
8 “Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
9 even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?
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