Job 7:16
I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
In Context
15So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.
17What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,
Cross References
Genesis 27:46Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?
Job 3:20Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
Job 9:21I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
Job 10:20Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,
Psalms 39:6\39:5\You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
Psalms 39:13\39:12\Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
Matthew Henry on Job 7:8-17
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou… Read the whole commentary →