Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Leave me alone,
New American Standard Bible
Leave me alone,
King James Version
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
International Standard Version
I hate the thought of living forever! Leave me alone, because my days are pointless."
A Conservative Version
I loathe [my life]. I would not live always. Let me alone, for my days are vanity.
American Standard Version
I loathe my life ; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Amplified
“I waste away and loathe my life; I will not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are but a breath [futile and without substance].
Bible in Basic English
I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.
Darby Translation
I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
Julia Smith Translation
I melted away; I shall not live forever: desist from me, for my days are vanity.
King James 2000
I loathe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I loathe [my life]; I would not live forever; depart from me, for my days [are] a breath.
Modern King James verseion
I despise them; I will not live always; let me alone, for my days are vanity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I can see no remedy. I shall live no more. O spare me then, for my days are but vain.
NET Bible
I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
New Heart English Bible
I loathe my life. I do not want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
The Emphasized Bible
I am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.
Webster
I lothe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
World English Bible
I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Youngs Literal Translation
I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.
Interlinear
Chayah
`owlam
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Don'T Forget!
15
death rather than life in this body.
Leave me alone,
and pay so much attention to him?
Cross References
Job 10:1
I will express my complaint
and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 6:9
to unleash His power and cut me off!
Job 9:21
I no longer care about myself;
I renounce my life.
Job 10:20
Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little
Job 14:6
so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.
Psalm 39:13
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone.”
Genesis 27:46
So Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick of my life because of these Hittite women.
1 Kings 19:4
but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree
Job 3:20-22
and life to those whose existence is bitter,
Psalm 39:10
I fade away because of the force of Your hand.
Psalm 62:9
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
Psalm 78:33
their years in sudden disaster.
Psalm 144:4
his days are like a passing shadow.
Ecclesiastes 6:11-12
For when there are many words, they increase futility.
Jonah 4:3
And now, Lord, please take my life from me,
Jonah 4:8
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind.