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


In Context

12 A sea -monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

13 When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.

14 And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,

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

16 I have wasted away — not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.

17 What is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:15so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.