The Pulpit Commentary on Job 6:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Even that it would please God to destroy me; or, to crush me (Revised Version)—"to break me in pieces" (Lee). That he would let loose his hand; or, put forth his hand—stretch it out against me threateningly."

And cut me off. "Cut me off bit by bit" (Lee); comp. Isaiah 38:12, where the same word is used of a weaver, who cuts the threads of his loom one by one, until the whole is liberated and comes away.

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