1. Job 6:8 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 6:8 (Summary)

Job 6:8 (ESV)

8 “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope,

Job rejects the advice Eliphaz has given him, which was to repent and ask for God’s help (Job 5:8–16). He still retains his wish for death and now even prays for it.

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