Job 7:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁵ So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than my life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ So that I would choose strangling and death rather than these my bones.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ I would choose strangling and death instead of my bones.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ so that, because of these things, my soul would choose hanging, and my bones, death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ So that my soul rather chooseth hanging: and my bones death.

Job 7:15 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

Job 3:21

Which long for death, but it cometh not; And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

Job 3:22

Which rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?

Job 7:14

Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions:

Job 7:16

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

Job 9:21

I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me: for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Jeremiah 8:3

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

Jonah 4:3

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Jonah 4:8

And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

Matthew 27:5

And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.

Revelation 9:6

And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them.