15so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.


In Context

12 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

13 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'

14 then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:

15 so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.

16 I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

Job 7:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:15so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:15So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:15So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.