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Job 7:16

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16mI loathe my life;

I would not live forever.

nLet me alone,

For omy days are but 3a breath.

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Footnotes

  1. 3Without substance, futile

Cross references

  1. mJob 10:1
  2. nJob 14:6
  3. oPs. 62:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I loathe my life; I would not live forever.

Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I despise my life; I would not live forever.

Let me alone; my days have no meaning.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I give up! I will not live forever.

Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

NLTNew Living Translation

I hate my life and don’t want to go on living.

Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I loathe my life; I would not live forever;

depart from me, for my days are a breath.

KJV 1900King James Version

I loathe it; I would not live alway:

Let me alone; for my days are vanity.