Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I give up; I am tired of living. Leave me alone. My life makes no sense. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing. I loathe it. Job 3:20-22 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul? . . . Job 6:9 And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off? Job 10:1 My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Genesis 27:46 And Rebecca said to Isaac: I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the stock of this land, I choose not to live. 1 Kings 19:4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers. Jonah 4:3,8 And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil. . . . let me alone. Job 10:20 Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly? Suffer me, therefore, that I may lament my sorrow a little: Job 14:6 Depart a little from him, that he may rest until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling. Psalm 39:10,13 Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes: . . . my days. Psalm 62:9 But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive. Psalm 78:33 And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years in haste. Psalm 144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days pass away like a shadow. Ecclesiastes 6:11,12 There are many words that have much vanity in disputing. . . . Context Job Continues: Life Seems Futile…15So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death. 16I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing.17What is a man, that thou shouldst magnify him or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?… Cross References Job 6:9 And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off? Job 7:7 Remember that my life is but wind, and my eye shall not return to see good things. Job 7:15 So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death. Job 9:21 Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life. Job 10:1 My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Job 10:20 Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly? Suffer me, therefore, that I may lament my sorrow a little: Psalm 62:9 But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive. Psalm 78:39 And he remembered that they are flesh: a wind that goeth and returneth not. Jeremiah 8:3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all that shall remain of this wicked kindred in all places, which are left, to which I have cast them out, saith the Lord of hosts. Jonah 4:3 And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil. Jump to Previous Age Alone Alway Always Breath Cease Desire Despise Forever Leave Loathe Meaning Vanity Want Waste WastedJump to Next Age Alone Alway Always Breath Cease Desire Despise Forever Leave Loathe Meaning Vanity Want Waste WastedLinks Job 7:16 NIVJob 7:16 NLT Job 7:16 ESV Job 7:16 NASB Job 7:16 Bible Apps Job 7:16 Biblia Paralela Job 7:16 Chinese Bible Job 7:16 French Bible Job 7:16 German Bible Alphabetical: a alone are away breath but days despise for forever have I Leave Let life live me meaning my no not waste will would OT Poetry: Job 7:16 I loathe my life (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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