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Job 7:15-16
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15 so that I prefer strangling[a]—
death rather than life in this body.[b](A)
16 I give up! I will not live forever.
Leave me alone,(B) for my days are a breath.[c]

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  1. 7:15 Or suffocation
  2. 7:15 Lit than my bones
  3. 7:16 Or are futile
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Job 7:15-16
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15 so that I prefer strangling and death,(A)
    rather than this body of mine.(B)
16 I despise my life;(C) I would not live forever.(D)
    Let me alone;(E) my days have no meaning.(F)

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Job 7:15-16
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15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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Ecclesiastes 7:1
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Wise Sayings

7 A good name is better than fine perfume,(A)
and the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.(B)

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Ecclesiastes 7:1
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7 A good name is better than fine perfume,(A)
    and the day of death better than the day of birth.(B)

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Ecclesiastes 7:1
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7 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

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