Job 10:1

New Century Version

“I hate my life, so I will complain without holding back; I will speak because I am so unhappy.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. He sat down under a bush and asked to die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he prayed. “Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors.”

Job 14:13

“I wish you would hide me in the grave; hide me until your anger is gone. I wish you would set a time and then remember me!

Job 19:4

Even if I have sinned, it is my worry alone.

Job 5:20

God will buy you back from death in times of hunger, and in battle he will save you from the sword.

Job 6:26

Do you mean to correct what I say? Will you treat the words of a troubled man as if they were only wind?

Job 7:11

“So I will not stay quiet; I will speak out in the suffering of my spirit. I will complain because I am so unhappy.

Job 7:16

I hate my life; I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, because my days have no meaning.

Job 9:21

“I am innocent, but I don’t care about myself. I hate my own life.

Isaiah 38:15

What can I say? The Lord told me what would happen and then made it happen. I have had these troubles in my soul, so now I will be humble all my life.

Isaiah 38:17

It was for my own good that I had such troubles. Because you love me very much, you did not let me die but threw my sins far away.

Jonah 4:3

So now I ask you, Lord, please kill me. It is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8

As the sun rose higher in the sky, God sent a very hot east wind to blow, and the sun became so hot on Jonah’s head that he became very weak and wished he were dead. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Numbers 11:15

If you are going to continue doing this to me, then kill me now. If you care about me, put me to death, and then I won’t have any more troubles.”