Job 7:15
Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet keep my bones from death.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
In Context
14Thou scarest me with dreams, and dost terrify me with visions.
16For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life is vain.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:23And Achitophel saw that his counsel was not followed, and he saddled his ass, and rose and departed to his house into his city; and he gave orders to his household, and + 17:23 Comp. the Greek with Mat. 27. 5.hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Job 3:22and would be very joyful if they should gain it?
Ecclesiastes 2:17So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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 →