Job 6:10

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

Key Reflection

In Job 6:10, Job expresses a complex sentiment, reflecting both his deep suffering and his desperate plea for divine intervention. He wishes that God would "crush" him, not in the sense of enduring more physical pain, but perhaps as a swift release from his prolonged agony. Job also prays that God would "let loose his hand," suggesting he desires a moment when God's power might be fully unleashed to end his suffering, even if it means death. This verse reveals Job’s intense longing for relief from his trials, highlighting the profound emotional and physical toll of his experience.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Then should I yet have comfort -Dr. Good renders this, “then would I already take comfort.” Noyes, “yet it should still be my consolation.” The literal sense is, “and there would be to me yet consolation;” or “my consolation would yet be.” That is, he would find comfort in the grave (compareJob 3:13ff), or in the future world. I would harden myself in sorrow -Dr. Good renders this, “and I will leap for joy.” In a similar way Noyes renders it, “I would exult.” So Schultens understands the expression. The Hebrew word rendered “I would harden myself” (סלדsâlad) occurs nowhere else, and expositors have been divided in regard to its meaning.

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