Job 7:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

so that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life.

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  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
  • Matt 27:5 : 5 And he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

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