Parallel Verses
King James Version
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
New American Standard Bible
And that God would grant my longing!
Holman Bible
and God would provide what I hope for:
International Standard Version
"Who will grant my wish? I wish God would grant what I'm hoping for:
A Conservative Version
O that I might have my request, and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
American Standard Version
Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Amplified
“Oh that my request would come to pass,
And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Bible in Basic English
If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!
Darby Translation
Oh that I might have my request, and that +God would grant my desire!
Julia Smith Translation
Who will give my asking shall come? and will God give my expectation?
King James 2000
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Lexham Expanded Bible
"{O that} my request may come, and [that] God may grant my hope,
Modern King James verseion
Oh that I might have my desire, and that God would grant the thing that I long for!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"O that I might have my desire! O that God would grant me the thing, that I long for!
NET Bible
"Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!
New Heart English Bible
"Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
The Emphasized Bible
Oh that my request would come! and, my hope, oh that GOD would grant!
Webster
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
World English Bible
"Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
Youngs Literal Translation
O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
Themes
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 6:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. 8 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!
Names
Cross References
Job 6:11-13
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Job 17:14-16
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Psalm 119:81
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.