Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine. New Living Translation I would rather be strangled— rather die than suffer like this. English Standard Version so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones. Berean Study Bible so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. King James Bible So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. New King James Version So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body. New American Standard Bible So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains. NASB 1995 So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains. NASB 1977 So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains. Amplified Bible So that I would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pain. Christian Standard Bible so that I prefer strangling — death rather than life in this body. Holman Christian Standard Bible so that I prefer strangling— death rather than life in this body. American Standard Version So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And you picked my soul out of destruction, and my bones from death Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet keep my bones from death. Contemporary English Version I'd rather choke to death than live in this body. Douay-Rheims Bible So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death. Good News Translation until I would rather be strangled than live in this miserable body. International Standard Version I would rather die by strangulation than continue living. JPS Tanakh 1917 So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones. Literal Standard Version And my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones. New American Bible So that I should prefer strangulation and death rather than my existence. NET Bible so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life. New Revised Standard Version so that I would choose strangling and death rather than this body. New Heart English Bible so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones. World English Bible so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones. Young's Literal Translation And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones. Additional Translations ... Context Job Continues: Life Seems Futile…14then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions, 15so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. 16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.… Cross References Revelation 9:6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them. Job 7:14 then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions, Job 7:16 I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. Jeremiah 8:3 And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life," declares the LORD of Hosts. Jonah 4:3 And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live." Treasury of Scripture So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life. chooseth. 2 Samuel 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. Matthew 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. life.
(15) So that my soul maketh choice of strangling and death rather than a life like this. Literally, than these my bones, or, as some take it, a death by these my members: a death inflicted by myself, suicide.Verse 15. - So that my soul chooseth strangling; i.e. "so that I would prefer strangling to such horrid dreams," which are worse than any physical sufferings. Some see here a reference to suicide: but this is s very forced explanation. Suicide, as already observed, seems never even to have occurred to the thoughts of Job (see the comment on Job 6:8). And death rather than my life; literally, rather than my bones. Death, that is, would be preferable to such a life as he leads, which is that of a living skeleton. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew so that Iנַפְשִׁ֑י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion would prefer וַתִּבְחַ֣ר (wat·tiḇ·ḥar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 977: To try, select strangling מַחֲנָ֣ק (ma·ḥă·nāq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4267: Strangling, suffocation and death מָ֝֗וֶת (mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin over my life in this body. מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ (mê·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāy) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame Jump to Previous Better Body Bones Choose Chooses Chooseth Death Hard Life Pains Prefer Rather Seems Soul StranglingJump to Next Better Body Bones Choose Chooses Chooseth Death Hard Life Pains Prefer Rather Seems Soul StranglingLinks Job 7:15 NIVJob 7:15 NLT Job 7:15 ESV Job 7:15 NASB Job 7:15 KJV Job 7:15 BibleApps.com Job 7:15 Biblia Paralela Job 7:15 Chinese Bible Job 7:15 French Bible Job 7:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 7:15 So that my soul chooses strangling death (Jb) |
   
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