Verse 16

I loathe{H3988}{(H8804)} it; I would not live{H2421}{(H8799)} alway{H5769}: let me alone{H2308}{(H8798)}; for my days{H3117} are vanity{H1892}.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:1 : 1 My soul{H5315} is weary{H5354}{(H8804)} of my life{H2416}; I will leave{H5800}{(H8799)} my complaint{H7879} upon myself; I will speak{H1696}{(H8762)} in the bitterness{H4751} of my soul{H5315}.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went{H1980}{(H8804)} a day's{H3117} journey{H1870} into the wilderness{H4057}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} and sat down{H3427}{(H8799)} under a{H259} juniper tree{H7574}: and he requested{H7592}{(H8799)} for himself{H5315} that he might die{H4191}{(H8800)}; and said{H559}{(H8799)}, It is enough{H7227}; now, O LORD{H3068}, take away{H3947}{(H8798)} my life{H5315}; for I am not better{H2896} than my fathers{H1}.
  • Job 6:9 : 9 Even that it would please{H2974}{(H8686)} God{H433} to destroy{H1792}{(H8762)} me; that he would let loose{H5425}{(H8686)} his hand{H3027}, and cut me off{H1214}{(H8762)}!
  • Job 9:21 : 21 Though I were perfect{H8535}, yet would I not know{H3045}{(H8799)} my soul{H5315}: I would despise{H3988}{(H8799)} my life{H2416}.
  • Job 10:20 : 20 Are not my days{H3117} few{H4592}? cease{H2308}{(H8798)}{(H8675)}{H2308}{(H8799)} then, and let me alone{H7896}{(H8798)}{(H8675)}{H7896}{(H8799)}, that I may take comfort{H1082}{(H8686)} a little{H4592},
  • Job 14:6 : 6 Turn{H8159}{(H8798)} from him, that he may rest{H2308}{(H8799)}, till he shall accomplish{H7521}{(H8799)}, as an hireling{H7916}, his day{H3117}.
  • Ps 39:13 : 13 O spare{H8159}{(H8685)} me, that I may recover strength{H1082}{H8686)}, before I go hence{H3212}{H8799)}, and be no more.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men{H120}{H1121} of low degree are vanity{H1892}, and men{H376} of high degree are a lie{H3577}: to be laid{H5927}{H8800)} in the balance{H3976}, they are altogether{H3162} lighter than vanity{H1892}.
  • Ps 78:33 : 33 Therefore their days{H3117} did he consume{H3615}{H8762)} in vanity{H1892}, and their years{H8141} in trouble{H928}.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man{H120} is like{H1819}{(H8804)} to vanity{H1892}: his days{H3117} are as a shadow{H6738} that passeth away{H5674}{(H8802)}.
  • Eccl 6:11-12 : 11 Seeing there be{H3426} many{H7235}{(H8687)} things{H1697} that increase{H7235}{(H8688)} vanity{H1892}, what is man{H120} the better{H3148}? 12 For who knoweth{H3045}{(H8802)} what is good{H2896} for man{H120} in this life{H2416}, all{H4557} the days{H3117} of his vain{H1892} life{H2416} which he spendeth{H6213}{(H8799)} as a shadow{H6738}? for who can tell{H5046}{(H8686)} a man{H120} what shall be after{H310} him under the sun{H8121}?
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Therefore now, O LORD{H3068}, take{H3947}{(H8798)}, I beseech thee, my life{H5315} from me; for it is better{H2896} for me to die{H4194} than to live{H2416}.
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 And it came to pass, when the sun{H8121} did arise{H2224}{(H8800)}, that God{H430} prepared{H4487}{(H8762)} a vehement{H2759} east{H6921} wind{H7307}; and the sun{H8121} beat{H5221}{(H8686)} upon the head{H7218} of Jonah{H3124}, that he fainted{H5968}{(H8691)}, and wished{H7592}{(H8799)} in himself{H5315} to die{H4191}{(H8800)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, It is better{H2896} for me to die{H4194} than to live{H2416}.
  • Gen 27:46 : 46 And Rebekah{H7259} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Isaac{H3327}, I am weary{H6973}{(H8804)} of my life{H2416} because{H6440} of the daughters{H1323} of Heth{H2845}: if Jacob{H3290} take{H3947}{(H8802)} a wife{H802} of the daughters{H1323} of Heth{H2845}, such as these which are of the daughters{H1323} of the land{H776}, what good{H4100} shall my life{H2416} do me?
  • Ps 39:10 : 10 Remove{H5493} thy stroke{H5061} away{H5493}{(H8685)} from me: I am consumed{H3615}{H8804)} by the blow{H8409} of thine hand{H3027}.
  • Job 3:20-22 : 20 Wherefore is light{H216} given{H5414}{(H8799)} to him that is in misery{H6001}, and life{H2416} unto the bitter{H4751} in soul{H5315}; 21 Which long{H2442}{(H8764)} for death{H4194}, but it cometh not; and dig{H2658}{(H8799)} for it more than for hid treasures{H4301}; 22 Which rejoice{H8056} exceedingly{H1524}, and are glad{H7797}{(H8799)}, when they can find{H4672}{(H8799)} the grave{H6913}?