Job 7:16

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I despise my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:1 : 1 I am disgusted with my life; I will give voice to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
  • 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.'
  • Job 6:9 : 9 That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!
  • Job 9:21 : 21 Though I am blameless, I do not even understand myself; I despise my life.
  • Job 10:20 : 20 Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.
  • Job 14:6 : 6 So look away from them and let them rest, till they have enjoyed their time like a hired worker.
  • Ps 39:13 : 13 Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent to my tears, for I am a sojourner with You, a temporary resident like all my fathers.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.
  • Ps 78:33 : 33 So He ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
  • Eccl 6:11-12 : 11 The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone? 12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
  • 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.'
  • Gen 27:46 : 46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, 'I am disgusted with my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these women from the land, what good is my life to me?'
  • Ps 39:10 : 10 I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 7:15
    83%

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

  • Job 10:18-20
    3 verses
    79%

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

    19If only I had never existed, carried straight from the womb to the grave.

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

  • Eccl 2:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17So I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

    18I hated all my toil under the sun because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.

  • Job 17:1
    78%

    1My spirit is broken, my days have faded away, and the grave is ready for me.

  • Job 10:1
    76%

    1I am disgusted with my life; I will give voice to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Jonah 4:3
    75%

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

  • Job 7:3-7
    5 verses
    75%

    3so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.

    4When I lie down, I think, 'When will I get up?' But the night drags on, and I am filled with tossing till dawn.

    5My body is clothed with worms and scabs; my skin cracks and festers.

    6My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.

    7Remember that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see good again.

  • Job 6:8-11
    4 verses
    75%

    8Oh, that my request would be granted, and that God would fulfill my hope.

    9That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

    10It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

    11What is my strength, that I should hope? What is my end, that I should prolong my life?

  • Job 7:11
    75%

    11Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Ps 89:47
    75%

    47How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath keep burning like fire?

  • Isa 38:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10I said, "In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years."

    11I said, "I will not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on humanity or be with those who dwell in the world of the dead."

    12My dwelling is pulled up and taken from me, like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver rolls a cloth; He cuts me off from the loom. Day and night You bring me to an end.

  • Job 17:11
    74%

    11My days have passed, my plans are broken off, and the desires of my heart are gone.

  • Job 7:17
    74%

    17What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,

  • Job 14:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    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!

    14If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.

  • Job 13:13-15
    3 verses
    73%

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

    14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

    15Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will defend my ways before Him.

  • Job 16:22
    73%

    22For only a few years will come, and the path I take will never return.

  • Ps 31:10
    73%

    10Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, as do my soul and my body.

  • Ps 39:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4My heart grew hot within me; as I meditated, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

    5LORD, let me know my end and the number of my days, so I may understand how fleeting my life is.

  • Job 9:21
    73%

    21Though I am blameless, I do not even understand myself; I despise my life.

  • Job 7:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19Will you never look away from me or leave me alone till I swallow my spit?

    20If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?

    21Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.

  • Eccl 7:15
    72%

    15In my fleeting life, I have seen it all: The righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

  • Job 16:7
    72%

    7Surely now, God has worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

  • Ps 144:4
    72%

    4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

  • Ps 102:24
    71%

    24He has afflicted my strength in the way; he has shortened my days.

  • Ps 39:13
    71%

    13Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent to my tears, for I am a sojourner with You, a temporary resident like all my fathers.

  • Job 21:4
    71%

    4Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • Job 3:21
    71%

    21To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures.

  • Job 27:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Far be it from me to justify you. Until my dying breath, I will not set aside my integrity.

    6I will hold on to my righteousness and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.

  • Ps 39:10
    70%

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

  • Eccl 11:8
    70%

    8For if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is meaningless.

  • Ps 7:5
    70%

    5if I have repaid my friend with evil or have plundered my enemy without cause,