Job 6:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן תָּב֣וֹא שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י יִתֵּ֥ן אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃

Transliteration

mî-yittēn tābôʾ šeʾĕlātî wə-tiqwātî yittēn ʾĕlôah

Grammar Details

*mî-yittēn*: interrogative + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - who would give/oh that
*tābôʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - might come
*šeʾĕlātî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my request
*wə-tiqwātî*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and my hope/expectation
*yittēn*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would grant
*ʾĕlôah*: divine name - God

Word Meanings

*mî-yittēn*: would that/oh that (idiomatic expression of wish)
*bôʾ*: to come/go/enter
*šeʾēlâ*: request/petition
*tiqwâ*: hope/expectation
*nātan*: to give/grant/place

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 6:11-13 : 11 What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be {H5315} patient? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? 13 Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
Job 17:14-16 : 14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister; 15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
Ps 119:81 : 81 KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.

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