15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

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15 If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and (A)do not let me see my wretchedness!”

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Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

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That it would please God to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and (A)cut me off!

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

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16 (A)I loathe my life;
I would not live forever.
(B)Let me alone,
For (C)my days are but [a]a breath.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:16 Without substance, futile

10 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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Job: I Would Plead with God

10 “My (A)soul loathes my life;
I will [a]give free course to my complaint,
(B)I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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  1. Job 10:1 Lit. leave on myself

19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

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19 You know (A)my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
My adversaries are all before You.

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18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

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18 (A)Why did I come forth from the womb to (B)see [a]labor and sorrow,
That my days should be consumed with shame?

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  1. Jeremiah 20:18 toil

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

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And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, (A)It is better for me to die than to live.”

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