Job 6:9

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That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

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  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 He went a day's journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom tree, sat under it, and prayed that he might die. 'Enough, LORD,' he said. 'Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.'
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine. 16 I despise my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
  • Job 14:13 : 13 If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!
  • Job 19:21 : 21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, my friends, because the hand of God has struck me.
  • Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the heat of summer. Selah.
  • Isa 48:10-13 : 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11 For My own sake—yes, for My own sake—I will act. For how can My name be defiled? I will not give My glory to another. 12 Listen to Me, Jacob, and Israel, My called one: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last. 13 Indeed, My own hand laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens. When I call to them, they stand together.
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wished to die and said, 'It is better for me to die than to live.'
  • Rev 9:6 : 6 In those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will desire to die, but death will flee from them.
  • Job 3:20-22 : 20 Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul? 21 To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures. 22 Who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave.
  • Num 11:14-15 : 14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If this is how You are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and do not let me see my misery.

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    22then let my shoulder fall from its socket, and let my arm be broken off at the joint.

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    10I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.

  • Job 10:20
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    20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

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    15I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine.

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    13Be silent and let me speak. Whatever happens to me, let it come!

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  • Job 6:2-4
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    2If only my grief could be weighed and my calamity placed together on the scales!

    3For now, it is heavier than the sands of the seas; that is why my words are impulsive.

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    6know then that God has wronged me and surrounded me with His net.

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    3Now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

  • Lam 3:11
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    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

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    23Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

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    15If this is how You are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and do not let me see my misery.

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    12I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

  • Job 9:34
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    34Let Him remove His rod from me, and let His terror not frighten me.

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    10He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

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    18Why then did You bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died and no eye had seen me.

  • Job 9:31
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    31You would plunge me into a pit, and even my clothes would abhor me.

  • Job 14:13
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    13If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Job 19:21
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    21Have pity on me, have pity on me, my friends, because the hand of God has struck me.

  • Job 23:3
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    3If only I knew where to find him, so that I might come to his dwelling.

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    19Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

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