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"Oh that I might have my request; That God would grant the thing that I long for!
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A Desperate Plea for Death
Commentators unanimously agree that Job's singular, desperate request is for death. Overwhelmed by suffering, he sees the end of his life as the only possible relief. This is presented not as a noble desire, but as a raw, human cry from the depths of unbearable pain.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Oh that I might have my request - That is, death. This he desired as the end of his sorrows, either that he might be freed from them, or tha…
19th Century
Anglican
Oh that I might have my request.—Baffled by his fellow human beings, he turns, like many others, to God as his only hope,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And that I might have my request{m} Or that it "might come"; that it might go up to heaven, enter there, …
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Job had desired death as the welcome end to his miseries. Eliphaz had reproved him for this, but Job asks for it again with more vehemence than bef…
13th Century
Catholic
Eliphaz had clearly noted three things in Job’s lament: despair, because Job seemed to desire non-existence; impatience or excessive sorrow, becaus…
