Job 6:8

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

Cross-references

Job 6:11-13 expands his death wish by explaining his lack of strength and reason to wait, directly continuing the lament.

Job 17:14-16 echoes the same despair, calling the pit father and worm mother, reinforcing his longing for death.

Job 10:1 Parallel

Job 10:1 continues Job's lament of loathing his life, directly parallel to his request for death.

In Numbers 11:15, Moses similarly asks God to kill him when overwhelmed, mirroring Job's death wish.

Jonah 4:3 Parallel

Jonah 4:3 also pleads for God to take his life, echoing Job's desperate request.