Job 7:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.
  • Matt 27:5 : 5 and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.

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