Job 7:15

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and went off home to his own city. And he set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

Job 3:21

who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

Job 3:22

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

Job 7:14

then thou dost scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions,

Job 7:16

I loathe my life; I would not live for ever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath.

Job 9:21

I am blameless; I regard not myself; I loathe my life.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Jeremiah 8:3

Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, says the Lord of hosts.

Jonah 4:3

Therefore now, O Lord, take my life from me, I beseech thee, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8

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

Matthew 27:5

And throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he went and hanged himself.

Revelation 9:6

And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will fly from them.