Job 7:15

Modern English Version

so that my soul chooses strangling, even death rather than my life.

Cross References

Matthew 27:5

So he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed. And he went and hanged himself.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel realized that his advice was not followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his own city. He gave instruction to his household, then he hanged himself and died; he was interred in the tomb of his father.

Revelation 9:6

In those days men will seek death but will not find it. They will desire to die, but death will elude them.

Job 7:14

then You scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

Job 7:16

I loathe my life; I would not live forever; let me alone, for my days are emptiness.

Jeremiah 8:3

Death will be chosen rather than life by all the rest of those who remain of this evil family, which remains in all the places wherever I have driven them, says the Lord of Hosts.

Jonah 4:3

Therefore, Lord, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Job 3:21

who look for death, but it is not there; and they search for it more than for hidden treasures;

Job 3:22

who rejoice exceedingly, and they are glad when they find the grave?

Job 9:21

“Though I were perfect, I would not know myself; I would despise my life.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I began to hate life, because the labor that was done under the sun was contemptible to me, for all of this is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he became faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”