Job 7:16

Conservative English Version

Leave me alone and let me die; my life has no meaning.

Cross References

Genesis 27:46

Rebekah later told Isaac, "Those Hittite wives of Esau are making my life miserable! If Jacob marries a Hittite woman, I'd be better off dead."

1 Kings 19:4

then walked another whole day into the desert. Finally, he came to a large bush and sat down in its shade. He begged the LORD, "I've had enough. Just let me die! I'm no better off than my ancestors."

Job 10:1

I am sick of life! And from my deep despair, I complain to you, my God.

Job 10:20

I have only a few days left. Why don't you leave me alone? Let me find some relief,

Job 14:6

Why don't you leave us alone and let us find some happiness while we toil and labor?

Job 6:9

and do away with me.

Job 7:15

I'd rather choke to death than live in this body.

Job 7:7

I beg you, God, don't forget! My life is just a breath, and trouble lies ahead.

Job 9:21

I am not guilty, but I no longer care what happens to me.

Psalm 144:4

We disappear like a breath; we last no longer than a faint shadow.

Psalm 39:10

"Won't you stop punishing me? You have worn me down.

Psalm 39:13

Stop being angry with me and let me smile again before I am dead and gone."

Psalm 39:6

and it disappears like a shadow. Our struggles are senseless; we store up more and more, without ever knowing who will get it all.

Psalm 62:9

We humans are only a breath; none of us are truly great. All of us together weigh less than a puff of air.

Psalm 78:33

So he cut their lives short and made them terrified.

Psalm 78:39

God remembered that they were made of flesh and were like a wind that blows once and then dies down.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

This made me hate life. Everything we do is painful; it's just as senseless as chasing the wind.

Jeremiah 8:3

Some of you people of Judah will be left alive, but I will force you to go to foreign countries, and you will wish you were dead. I, the LORD God All-Powerful, have spoken.

Jonah 4:3

Now let me die! I'd be better off dead.

Jonah 4:8

During the day the LORD sent a scorching wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head, making him feel faint. Jonah was ready to die, and he shouted, "I wish I were dead!"