King James Version

Job 6:8

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

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מִֽיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יִ֭תֵּןyitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…תָּב֣וֹאtavoto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑יsheelatiloanשְׁאֵלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “loan”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7596a petition; by implication, a loanloan, petition, request.וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗יvetiqvatiand expectationתִּקְוָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and expectation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8615literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancyexpectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.יִתֵּ֥ןyitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֱלֽוֹהַּelohaGodאֱלוֹהַּnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH433a deity or the DeityGod, god. See H430 (אֱלֹהִים).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!

World English Bible

“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,

Darby Translation

Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire!

Douay-Rheims

Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For oh that he would grant my desire , and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope!

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ γὰρ δώῃ καὶ ἔλθοι μου ἡ αἴτησις, καὶ τὴν ἐλπίδα μου δώῃ ὁ Κύριος.