“Oh, that I might have my request,
That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
That it would please God to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and (A)cut me off!
10 Then I would still have comfort;
Though in anguish I would exult,
He will not spare;
For (B)I have not concealed the words of (C)the Holy One.

11 “What strength do I have, that I should hope?
And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh bronze?
13 Is my help not within me?
And is success driven from me?

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Oh that I might have my request;
And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Even that it would please God to crush me;
That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 And be it still my consolation,
[a]Yea, let me [b]exult in pain [c]that spareth not,
That I have not [d]denied the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh of brass?
13 Is it not that I have no help in me,
And that wisdom is driven quite from me?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:10 Or, Though I shrink back
  2. Job 6:10 Or, harden myself
  3. Job 6:10 Or, though he spare not
  4. Job 6:10 Or, concealed