OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 9

Job 6:9

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even that it would please God to crush me;

that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

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THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Job 6:9 in context

Job 6:6–12

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
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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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