Job 7:16
I hate my life! I know I won't live long. Leave me alone because my life is just a breath.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
In Context
15that I would rather be strangled—I would rather die than become just a bag of bones.
17Why are human beings so important to you; why are you so concerned about them
Cross References
Genesis 27:46Then Rebekah went and told Isaac, “I'm so sick of these Hittite women—they're ruining my life! If Jacob also marries a Hittite woman like them, one of the local people, I'd rather die!”
Job 3:20Why does God give life to those who are suffering, living bitterly miserable lives,
Job 9:21I am innocent! I don't care what happens to me. I hate my life!
Job 10:20I only have a few days left, so why don't you leave me alone so I can have a little peace
Psalms 39:6Human beings are just shadows walking around. They pointlessly rush through life, trying to pile up possessions without knowing who will get them.
Psalms 39:13Please leave me alone so I can be cheerful again, before I am dead and gone.
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 →