Job 7:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his suggestion was not acted on, he got his ass ready, and went back to his house, to the town where he came from, and having put his house in order, he put himself to death by hanging; so he came to his end and was put in the resting-place of his father.
  • Matt 27:5 : 5 And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.

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