Job 6:9
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!"
Word-by-Word Analysis
טוֹב
ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →טוֹב ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Study H2895 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my l...
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for ...
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
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