Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
death » Desired » Job
"I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
"O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
"Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for! And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me. Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. read more.
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man? Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages, thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life. I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
Life » Conditions of receiving » Hated
So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile -- like chasing the wind.
I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
Vanity » The days of man are
For no one knows what is best for a person during his life -- during the few days of his fleeting life -- for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.
I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!