Job 7:16
What does Job 7:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 7:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I loathe my life; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I loathe my life; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I have wasted away--not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days <FI>are<Fi> vanity.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
- Psalms 39:10
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
- Psalms 78:33
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.
- Ecclesiastes 6:11
Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
- Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
- Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
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