Job 6:8 
Context| NET © | “Oh that 1 my request would be realized, 2 and that God would grant me what I long for! 3 |
| NIV © | "Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for, |
| NASB © | "Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing! |
| NLT © | "Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant my hope. |
| MSG © | "All I want is an answer to one prayer, a last request to be honored: |
| BBE © | If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire! |
| NRSV © | "O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire; |
| NKJV © | "Oh, that I might have my request, That God would grant me the thing that I long for! |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | |
| NET © | “Oh that 1 my request would be realized, 2 and that God would grant me what I long for! 3 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The Hebrew expresses the desire (desiderative clause) with “who will give?” (see GKC 477 §151.d). 2 tn The verb בּוֹא (bo’, “go”) has the sense of “to be realized; to come to pass; to be fulfilled.” The optative “Who will give [that] my request be realized?” is “O that my request would be realized.” 3 tn The text has תִקְוָתִי (tiqvati, “hope”). There is no reason to change the text to “my desire” (as Driver and others do) if the word is interpreted metonymically – it means “what I hope for.” What Job hopes for and asks for is death. sn See further W. Riggans, “Job 6:8-10: Short Comments,” ExpTim 99 (1987): 45-46. |
