Job 6:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיֹאֵ֣ל אֱ֭לוֹהַּ וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִי יַתֵּ֥ר יָ֝ד֗וֹ וִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾēl ʾĕlôah wîdakkəʾēnî yattēr yādô wîbaṣṣəʿēnî

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾēl*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - that he would be willing
• *ʾĕlôah*: divine name - God
• *wîdakkəʾēnî*: conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and crush me
• *yattēr*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - let loose/free
• *yādô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand
• *wîbaṣṣəʿēnî*: conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and cut me off

Word Meanings

• *yāʾal*: to be willing/determine/undertake
• *dākāʾ*: to crush/break/oppress
• *nātar*: to loose/free/untie
• *bāṣaʿ*: to cut off/break off/sever

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 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 Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
• Jonah 4:3 : 3 Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
• Job 7:15-16 : 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones. 16 I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
• Job 14:13 : 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
• Job 19:21 : 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
• Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed [as] with the drought of summer. {H5542}
• Isa 48:10-13 : 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. 11 For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do it; for how should [my name] be profaned? and my glory will I not give to another. 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 13 Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
• Jonah 4:8 : 8 And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
• Rev 9:6 : 6 And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them.
• Job 3:20-22 : 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22 Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
• Num 11:14-15 : 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.