Job 7:15

Bible in Basic English 1965

So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.

Job 3:21

To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;

Job 3:22

Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;

Job 7:14

Then you send dreams to me, and visions of fear;

Job 7:16

I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

Job 9:21

I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Jeremiah 8:3

And death will be desired more than life by the rest of this evil family who are still living in all the places where I have sent them away, says the Lord of armies.

Jonah 4:3

So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.

Jonah 4:8

Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.

Matthew 27:5

And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.

Revelation 9:6

And in those days men will be hoping for death, and it will not come to them; and they will have a great desire for death, and death will go in flight from them.