Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “Your son Esau married Hittite women. I am very upset about these women. Why? Because they are not our people. I’ll just die if Jacob marries one of these women too!”
Job 7:16 - Easy To Read Version I hate my life—I give up.\par I don’t want to live forever.\par Leave me alone!\par My life means nothing!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I loathe it; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath (futility). American Standard Version (1901) I loathe my life; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity. Common English Bible I reject life; I don’t want to live long; leave me alone, for my days are empty. Catholic Public Domain Version I despair; by no means will I live any longer. Spare me, for my days are nothing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have done with hope. I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing. |
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “Your son Esau married Hittite women. I am very upset about these women. Why? Because they are not our people. I’ll just die if Jacob marries one of these women too!”
Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. Elijah sat down under a bush. He asked to die. Elijah said, “I have had enough, Lord! Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors. [210] ”
I hate my own life.\par So I will complain freely.\par My soul is very bitter,\par so now I will speak.\par
My life is almost finished.\par So leave me alone!\par Let me enjoy the little time I have left,\par
So God, stop watching us.\par Leave us alone.\par Let us enjoy our hard life\par until our time is finished.\par
God, remember, my life is only a breath.\par I will never see anything good again.\par
I am innocent.\par But I don’t know what to think.\par I hate my own life.\par
A person’s life is like a puff of air.\par A person’s life is like a passing shadow.\par
But God, stop punishing me.\par You will destroy me if you don’t stop!\par
Lord, leave me alone {\cf2\super [242]} \par and let me be happy\par before I am dead and gone.\par
Our life is like an image \{in a mirror\}. {\cf2\super [239]} \par We rush through life collecting things,\par but we don’t know who will get them\par \{after we die\}.\par
People can’t really help.\par You can’t trust them to really help.\par Compared to God,\par they are like nothing,\par like a gentle puff of air!\par
God remembered they were only people.\par People are like a wind that blows,\par and then it is gone.\par
This made me hate life. It made me very sad to think that everything in this life {\cf2\super [10]} is useless, like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [11]}
“I will force the people of Judah to leave their homes and their land. The people will be taken away to foreign lands. Some of the people of Judah that were not killed in the war will wish that they had been killed.” This message is from the Lord.
So now I ask you, Lord, please kill me. It is better for me to die than to live!”
After the sun was high in the sky, God caused a hot east wind to blow. The sun became very hot on Jonah’s head and Jonah became very, very weak. Jonah asked God to let him die. Jonah said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”