'Oh' in the Bible
And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry that I speak! Perhaps there may be thirty found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.
And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, that I speak yet but this time! Perhaps there may be ten found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.
Thus shall ye speak to Joseph: Oh forgive, I pray thee, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin! for they did evil to thee. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments continually, that it might be well with them and with their sons for ever!
Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end!
And Joshua said, Alas, Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh that we had been content and had remained beyond the Jordan!
And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here to pray to Jehovah.
And Absalom said, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any controversy and cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!
And she said to her mistress, Oh, would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria! then he would cure him of his leprosy.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest richly bless me, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God brought about what he had requested.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!
Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
Oh that I might have my request, and that +God would grant my desire!
But oh that +God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, --
Oh that there were arbitration for a man with +God, as a son of man for his friend!
Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;
Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!
Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God.
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!
Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;
Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!
Oh let the house of Aaron say, that his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
Oh let them that fear Jehovah say, that his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
Oh save, Jehovah, I beseech thee; Jehovah, I beseech thee, oh send prosperity!
Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
{A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us oh let Israel say --
{A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth oh let Israel say --
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! Should I find thee without, I would kiss thee; And they would not despise me.
Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars and thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together.
Oh your perverseness! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay, so that the work should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?
Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;
Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
My bowels! my bowels! I am in travail! Oh, the walls of my heart! My heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace: for thou hearest, my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the clamour of war.
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eye a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing which I hate!