Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, Yea, death, rather than these my bones.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
In Context
14Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me with visions;
16I am wasting away; I shall not live alway: Let me alone, for my days are a vapor!
Cross References
Job 3:22Who rejoice exceedingly, Yea, exult, when they can find a grave?
Ecclesiastes 2:17Therefore I hated life, because what is done under the sun appeared evil to me. For all is vanity, and striving after wind.
Jonah 4:8And when the sun arose, God appointed a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, and he was faint, and he asked for himself death, 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 →