Job 6:9
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And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?

that it would.

Job 3:20-22 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul? . . .

Job 7:15,16 So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death. . . .

Job 14:13 Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me?

Numbers 11:14,15 I am not able alone to bear all this people, because it is too heavy for me. . . .

1 Kings 19:4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.

Jonah 4:3,8 And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil. . . .

Revelation 9:6 And in those days, men shall seek death and shall not find it. And they shall desire to die: and death shall fly from them.

that he would.

Job 19:21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.

Psalm 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I am turned in my anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened.

Isaiah 48:10-13 Behold I have refined thee, but not as silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of poverty. . . .

Context
Job Replies: My Complaint is Just
8Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for? 9And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?10And that this may be my comfort, that afflicting me with sorrow, he spare not, nor I contradict the words of the Holy one.…
Cross References
Numbers 11:15
But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I beseech thee to kill me, and let me find grace in thy eyes, that I be not afflicted with so great evils.

1 Kings 19:4
And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.

Job 6:8
Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for?

Job 7:16
I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing.

Job 9:21
Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life.

Job 10:1
My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.

Isaiah 38:12
My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd's tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

Jonah 4:3
And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil.

Lexicon
that God
אֱ֭לוֹהַּ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 433: God -- a deity, the Deity

would be willing
וְיֹאֵ֣ל (wə·yō·’êl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2974: To show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything)

to crush me,
וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִי (wî·ḏak·kə·’ê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1792: To crumble, to bruise

to unleash
יַתֵּ֥ר (yat·têr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5425: To jump, be violently agitated, to terrify, shake off, untie

His hand
יָ֝ד֗וֹ (yā·ḏōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

and cut me off!
וִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃ (wî·ḇaṣ·ṣə·‘ê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1214: To cut off, break off, gain by violence


Additional Translations
that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose 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!

Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me.

And that it would please +God to crush me, that he would let loose 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!

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose 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!

That God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
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