Job 7:16

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Job 7:16

“I waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Job 10:1

“I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 6:9

“Would that God were willing to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

Job 9:21

“I am guiltless;
I do not take notice of myself;
I despise my life.

Job 10:20

“Would He not let my few days alone?
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

Job 14:6

“Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.

Psalm 39:13

“Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again
Before I depart and am no more.”

Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”

1 Kings 19:4

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 my life, for I am not better than my fathers.”

Job 3:20-22

“Why is light given to him who suffers,
And life to the bitter of soul,

Psalm 39:10

“Remove Your plague from me;
Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.

Psalm 62:9

Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie;
In the balances they go up;
They are together lighter than breath.

Psalm 78:33

So He brought their days to an end in futility
And their years in sudden terror.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a passing shadow.

Ecclesiastes 6:11-12

For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?

Jonah 4:3

Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, “Death is better to me than life.”

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Summary

Job 7:16

I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

I loathe it

Let me alone

Job 10:20

Job 14:6

Psalm 39:10

My days

Bible References

I loathe it

“Why is light given to him who suffers,
And life to the bitter of soul,

“Would that God were willing to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

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I loathe my own life;

I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

Let me alone

“Would He not let my few days alone?

Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

“Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.

“Remove Your plague from me;
Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.

My days

Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie;
In the balances they go up;
They are together lighter than breath.

So He brought their days to an end in futility
And their years in sudden terror.

Man is like a mere breath;

His days are like a passing shadow.

For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man?