Job 6:8

New Century Version

“How I wish that I might have what I ask for and that God would give me what I hope for.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. He sat down under a bush and asked to die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he prayed. “Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors.”

Job 10:1

“I hate my life, so I will complain without holding back; I will speak because I am so unhappy.

Job 3:21

They want to die, but death does not come. They search for death more than for hidden treasure.

Job 3:22

They are very happy when they get to the grave.

Job 6:7

I refuse to touch it; such food makes me sick.

Job 6:9

How I wish God would crush me and reach out his hand to destroy me.

Psalm 119:81

I am weak from waiting for you to save me, but I hope in your word.

Jonah 4:3

So now I ask you, Lord, please kill me. It is better for me to die than to live.”