Job 6:9 Douay-Rheims

And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?

Ishodad of Merv

d. A.D. 850 Medieval

"He would let loose his hand and finish me!" That is, may he put an end to my life by his intervention. Again Job speaks, "I would be finished again with violence and no mercy." In a word, "I desire that God inflict death on me violently and mercilessly.

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A.D. 850 · on Job 6:9 (COMMENTARY ON JOB 6:9)

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