Job 6:8
"Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

And that I might have my request,.... Or that it "might come" (m); that it might go up to heaven, enter there, and come into the ears of the Lord, be attended to, admitted, and received by him, see Psa 18:6 ; or come to Job, be returned into his bosom, be answered and fulfilled; the same with the desire that "cometh", which is, when the thing desired is enjoyed, Pro 13:12 ; or that what he had requested would come, namely, death, which is sometimes represented as a person that looks in at

the windows, and comes into the houses of men, and seizes on them, Jer 9:21 ; and this is what Job wishes for; this was his sole request; this was the thing, the one thing, that lay uppermost in his mind, and he was most importunately solicitous for: and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! death, as the following words explain it; this is not desirable by nature, but contrary to it; it is itself a penal evil, the sanction and curse of the law; it is an enemy, and a very formidable one, the king of terrors; and, though a very formidable, one, is desired by good men from a principle of grace, and with right views, to be rid of sin, and to be with Christ; yet it often is done by persons in melancholy, sullen, and humorous fits, when they cannot have what they would, as in Rachel, Elijah, and Jonah, Gen 30:1 ; and because of sore troubles and afflictions, which was the present case of Job; though it must be said that it was not, as is frequently the case with wicked men, through the horrors of a guilty conscience, which he was free of; and he had faith, and hope of comfort in another world, and in some degree he submitted to the will and pleasure of God; though pressed with too much eagerness, importunity, and passion: and it may be observed, that Job did not make request to men, to his servants, or friends about him, to dispatch him, as Abimelech and Saul did; nor did he lay hands on himself, or attempt to do it, as Saul, Ahithophel, and Judas: the wretched philosophy of the stoics was not known in Job's time, which not only makes suicide lawful, but commends it as an heroic action; no, Job makes his, request to the God of his life, who had given it to him, and had maintained it hitherto, and who only had a right to dispose of it; he asks it as a favour, he desires it as a gift, he had nothing else to ask, nothing was more or so desirable to him as death. (m) "ut veniat", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt, Michaelis; "utinam veniret", Schultens.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (7 words)

H4310 מִי
Definition:

WSG 123 f.): —who ?(τίς;quis ?)Genesis 3:11הִגִּיד לְךָ מִיwho told thee ?Genesis 24:65מִי הָאִישׁ הַלָּזֶהwhois this man ?Genesis 27:18מי אתה בניwhoart thou, my son ?Numbers 22:9;Judges 1:1;Judges 6: WSG 123 f.): —who ?(τίς;quis ?)Genesis 3:11הִגִּיד לְךָ מִיwho told thee ?Genesis 24:65מִי הָאִישׁ הַלָּזֶהwhois this man ?Genesis 27:18מי אתה בניwhoart thou, my son ?Numbers 22:9;Judges 1:1;Judges 6:

Possible Meanings:
  • who? (semantic_range)
  • whose (semantic_range)
  • who among (semantic_range)
  • whose (semantic_range)
  • whosoever (semantic_range)
H5414 נָתַן
Definition:

19 + often; Old Hebrewנתןיֿהוproper name, masculine Lzb327; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenicianיתן,נתןin proper nameמתנת, etc., Lzb292; Lzb327; AssyriannadânuDlHWB 450(rarelyittanIdib.488); Zinj 19 + often; Old Hebrewנתןיֿהוproper name, masculine Lzb327; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenicianיתן,נתןin proper nameמתנת, etc., Lzb292; Lzb327; AssyriannadânuDlHWB 450(rarelyittanIdib.488); Zinj

Possible Meanings:
  • give (semantic_range)
H0935 בּוֹא
Definition:

13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti 13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti

Possible Meanings:
  • come in (semantic_range)
  • come (semantic_range)
  • go in (semantic_range)
  • go (semantic_range)
  • come in (semantic_range)
H7596 שְׁאֵלָה
Definition:

—׳שְׁאJudges 8:24, +; suffixשְׁאֵלָתִּי1 Samuel 1:27+,שֶׁאֱלָתּיJob 6:8,שְׁאֵלָתֵךְEsther 5:6+,שֵׁלָתֵךְ1 Samuel 1:17,שֶׁאֱלָתָםPsalm 106:15; —1request, petition,Judges 8:24;1 Kings 2:16,20 (both accu —׳שְׁאJudges 8:24, +; suffixשְׁאֵלָתִּי1 Samuel 1:27+,שֶׁאֱלָתּיJob 6:8,שְׁאֵלָתֵךְEsther 5:6+,שֵׁלָתֵךְ1 Samuel 1:17,שֶׁאֱלָתָםPsalm 106:15; —1request, petition,Judges 8:24;1 Kings 2:16,20 (both accu

Possible Meanings:
  • thing asked for (semantic_range)
H8615 תִּקְוָה
Definition:

Fromqavah; literally, a cord (as an attachment (compareqaveh)); figuratively, expectancy -- expectation ((-ted)), hope, live, thing that I long for.see HEBREWqavahsee HEBREWqavehBrown-Driver-BriggsI. Fromqavah; literally, a cord (as an attachment (compareqaveh)); figuratively, expectancy -- expectation ((-ted)), hope, live, thing that I long for.see HEBREWqavahsee HEBREWqavehBrown-Driver-BriggsI.

H5414 נָתַן
Definition:

19 + often; Old Hebrewנתןיֿהוproper name, masculine Lzb327; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenicianיתן,נתןin proper nameמתנת, etc., Lzb292; Lzb327; AssyriannadânuDlHWB 450(rarelyittanIdib.488); Zinj 19 + often; Old Hebrewנתןיֿהוproper name, masculine Lzb327; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenicianיתן,נתןin proper nameמתנת, etc., Lzb292; Lzb327; AssyriannadânuDlHWB 450(rarelyittanIdib.488); Zinj

Possible Meanings:
  • give (semantic_range)
H0433 אֱלוֹהַּ
Definition:

17;לֶאֱלֹהַּDaniel 11:38(see BD) suffixלֵאלֹהוֺHabakkuk 1:11; elsewhereאֱלוֺהַּnoun masculinegod, God. (Samaritanid., Aramaicאֱלָהּ,, Arabic, SabeanאלהDHMl.c.; —אֱלֹהַּas found in Hebrew probably a si 17;לֶאֱלֹהַּDaniel 11:38(see BD) suffixלֵאלֹהוֺHabakkuk 1:11; elsewhereאֱלוֺהַּnoun masculinegod, God. (Samaritanid., Aramaicאֱלָהּ,, Arabic, SabeanאלהDHMl.c.; —אֱלֹהַּas found in Hebrew probably a si

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