But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Job 10:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) *My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I AM weary of my life and loathe it! I will give free expression to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. American Standard Version (1901) My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Common English Bible I loathe my life; I will let loose my complaint; I will speak out of my own bitterness. Catholic Public Domain Version My soul is weary of my life. I will release my words against myself. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My soul is weary of my life: I will let go my speech against myself. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. |
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
*Oh that you would hide me in She'ol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
Do you intend to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
*Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
Behold, for shalom I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.*
It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Yonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, *It is better for me to die than to live.*
If you deal thus with me, please kill me out of hand, if I have found favor in your sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.