Job 7:15
So that my soul would choose strangling, death rather than these limbs of mine.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
In Context
14Then wouldst thou frighten me with dreams, and with visions wouldst thou terrify me;
16I loathe it; I cannot live for ever: let me alone; for my days are but nought.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:23And when Achithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled the ass, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and gave his charge to his household, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Job 3:22Who would rejoice even to exulting, who would be glad could they but find a grave?
Ecclesiastes 2:17Therefore I hated life; because I felt displeased with the work that is wrought under the sun; for all is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God made ready a hot east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he became faint; and he wished for himself to die, 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 →