Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, Death, rather than [these] my bones!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, by visions, dost thou terrify me:
16I am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:23Now, when, Ahithophel, saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went unto his own house, unto his own city, and gave charge unto his household, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the grave of his father.
Job 3:22Who rejoice unto exultation, Are glad, when they can find the grave:
Ecclesiastes 2:17Therefore I hated life, for, a vexation unto me, was the work which was done under the sun,—for, all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, at the breaking forth of the sun, that God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun smote upon the head of Jonah, that he became faint,—and asked his life, that he might die, and said, It were 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 →