Job 6:9

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Cross-references

Job 6:26 Parallel

Job 6:26 is part of the same speech where Job calls his own words 'despairing'—direct contextual link to his death wish.

Job 3:20-22 earlier describes longing for death that never comes, reinforcing Job's wish for God to crush him.

Job 7:15 Parallel

Job 7:15 expresses a choice of strangling and death, directly paralleling his desire to be cut off.

Job 7:16 Parallel

Job 7:16 declares loathing of life and a wish to be left alone, a close parallel to asking for death.

Job 14:13 Parallel

Job 14:13 wishes for concealment in Sheol, a variant of the death wish with a hint of future hope.

Job 19:21 Parallel

In Job 19:21, Job pleads for pity because God's hand has touched him—same theme of God's crushing hand from Job 6:9.

Job 30:21 Parallel

Job 30:21 uses the same image of God's hand persecuting—here Job wishes God's hand would crush him; there it does.

Job 36:20 Contrast

Job 36:20 warns against longing for death—directly opposing Job's wish here. Elihu rebukes such desire.

Job 8:2 Contrast

In Job 8:2, Bildad dismisses Job's words as wind—contrasting Job's heartfelt death wish with his friend's criticism.

Job 10:1 Parallel

Job 10:1 echoes the same despair—'I loathe my life'—showing Job's ongoing complaint about his suffering.

Job 13:13 Parallel

Job 13:13 continues the theme: Job insists on speaking his case, even if it brings death—same defiant resolve.

In 1 Kings 19:4, Elijah similarly asks God to take his life, mirroring Job's death wish in deep despair.

Jonah 4:8 Parallel

In Jonah 4:8, Jonah again says death is better than life, reinforcing the same despairing death wish as Job.

Jonah 4:3 Parallel

In Jonah 4:3, Jonah pleads for death, echoing Job's cry—both wish God would end their lives.

Isaiah 48:10-13 presents affliction as God's refining test, contrasting Job's view that God's crushing is purposeless.

Numbers 11:15 has Moses directly asking to be killed, a strong parallel to Job's plea for God to crush him.

Psalm 88:5 Parallel

Psalm 88:5 laments being 'set apart with the dead' and 'cut off'—almost identical to Job's wish to be cut off by God.

Psalm 32:4 Parallel

Psalm 32:4 speaks of God's heavy hand drying up strength—similar imagery of divine pressure as in Job's request to be crushed.

Revelation 9:6 describes people longing for death but unable to find it—a different context but same intense desire to die.