Job 10:1

New International Version

“I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.”

Job 14:13

“If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!

Job 19:4

If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone.

Job 5:20

In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

Job 6:26

Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?

Job 7:11

“Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 7:16

I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.

Job 9:21

“Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

Isaiah 38:15

But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.

Isaiah 38:17

Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.

Jonah 4:3

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

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”

Numbers 11:15

If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin.”