Job 6:8 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
English ASV
Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
English Amplified
Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
If only my request would be granted and God would provide what I hope for:
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire!
English EASY 2024
I want God to give me what I ask him for. I want him to answer my prayer.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
"I wish I could have what I ask for. I wish God would give me what I want.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
"Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope,
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Why won't God give me what I ask? Why won't he answer my prayer?
English God's Word - GW 1995
"How I wish that my prayer would be answered— that God would give me what I'm hoping for,
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
If only my request would be granted and God would provide what I hope for:
English KJV 1611
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
English LSB
“Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my hope!
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
“Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing!
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant what I long for:
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
“Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
"I wish I could have what I'm asking for! I wish God would give me what I'm hoping for!
English NIV
"Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
English NKJ 1982
“Oh, that I might have my request, That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
English NLT
"Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant my hope.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
"O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire;
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
“O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire;
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
“Oh, that God would grant the thing I long for most—to
English Tyndale 1537
O that I might have my desire: O that God would grant me the thing, that I long for: