Job 6:8

⁶ Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

⁷ The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

⁹ Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

¹⁰ Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

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Sammenlign

ÅB: Gid min bønn måtte bli hørt, og Gud ville oppfylle mitt håp!
OTB: “Å, at min bønn kunne bli oppfylt,
at Gud ville gi meg det jeg lengter etter,
B1930: Gid min bønn måtte bli hørt, og Gud vilde opfylle mitt håp!

BSB: If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
KJV: Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
WEB: “Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
ASV: Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
DARBY: Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire!
BLB: Who shall grant [that] my request would come? That God may grant my hope!

Psalms 119:81
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
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Job 17:14–16
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
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Job 6:11–13
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
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