Job 7:16

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 7:16

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

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KJV

King James Version

I loathe [it;] I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.

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WEB

World English Bible

I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

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ASV

American Standard Version

I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Job 7

¹⁴ then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

¹⁵ so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.

¹⁶ I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

¹⁷ What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

¹⁸ that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?

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