Job 7:16

New International Reader's Version

I hate my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone. My days don’t mean anything to me.

Cross References

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah spoke to Isaac. She said, “I’m sick of living because of Esau’s Hittite wives. Suppose Jacob also marries a Hittite woman. If he does, my life won’t be worth living.”

1 Kings 19:4

Then he traveled for one day into the desert. He came to a small bush. He sat down under it. He prayed that he would die. “Lord, I’ve had enough,” he said. “Take my life. I’m no better than my people of long ago.”

Job 10:1

“I’m sick of living. So I’ll talk openly about my problems. I’ll speak out because my spirit is bitter.

Job 10:20

Aren’t my few days almost over? Leave me so I can have a moment of joy.

Job 14:6

So look away from him. Leave him alone. Let him put in his time like a hired worker.

Job 6:9

I wish he would crush me! I wish he would just cut off my life!

Job 7:15

So I would rather choke to death. That would be better than living in this body of mine.

Job 7:7

God, remember that my life is only a breath. I’ll never be happy again.

Job 9:21

“Even though I’m honest, I’m not concerned about myself. I hate my own life.

Psalm 144:4

Their lives don’t last any longer than a breath. Their days are like a shadow that quickly disappears.

Psalm 39:10

Please stop beating me. I’m about to die from the blows of your hand.

Psalm 39:13

Leave me alone. Let me enjoy life again before I die.”

Psalm 39:6

People are only shadows as they go here and there. They rush around, but it doesn’t mean anything. They pile up wealth, but they don’t know who will finally get it.

Psalm 62:9

Surely ordinary people are only a breath. Important people are not what they seem to be. If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything. Together they are only a breath.

Psalm 78:33

So he brought their days to an end like a puff of smoke. He ended their years with terror.

Psalm 78:39

He remembered that they were only human. He remembered they were only a breath of air that drifts by and doesn’t return.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life. That’s because the work done on this earth made me sad. None of it has any meaning. It’s like chasing the wind.

Jeremiah 8:3

Everyone left alive in this evil nation will want to die rather than live. That is what they will long for in the lands where I force them to go.” The Lord who rules over all announces this.

Jonah 4:3

Lord, take away my life. I’d rather die than live.”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God sent a burning east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head. It made him very weak. He wanted to die. So he said, “I’d rather die than live.”