Job 3:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures:

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  • Rev 9:6 : 6 And in those dayes shall men seke death, and shall not fynde it, and shall desire to dye, and death shall flee from them.
  • Prov 2:4 : 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures:
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 And nowe O Lorde, take I beseche thee my lyfe from me: for it is better for me to dye, then to lyue.
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 And when the sunne rose, God prepared a seruent east winde, and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionas that he fainted: and wished vnto his soule, that he might dye, and saide, It is better for me to dye, then to lyue.
  • Num 11:15 : 15 If thou deale thus with me, kyll me I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, yt I see not my wretchednesse.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he him selfe went a dayes iourney into the wildernesse, and came and sat downe vnder a Iuniper tree, and desired for his soule that he might dye, and sayde: It is nowe enough O Lorde, take my soule, for I am not better then my fathers.

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