Job 7:15
Therefore my soule chuseth rather to be strangled and to die, then to be in my bones.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
In Context
14Then fearest thou me with dreames, and astonishest me with visions.
16I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:23Nowe when Ahithophel sawe that his counsell was not followed, he sadled his asse, and arose, and he went home vnto his citie, and put his houshold in order, and hanged him selfe, and dyed, and was buryed in his fathers graue.
Job 3:22Which ioy for gladnes, and reioyce, when they can finde the graue.
Ecclesiastes 2:17Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
Jonah 4:8And when the sunne did arise, God prepared also a feruent East winde: and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that he fainted, and wished in his heart to die, and said, It is better for me to dye, then to liue.
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 →