15 Therefore my soul [a]chooseth rather to be strangled and to die, than to be in my bones.

16 I abhor it: I shall not live always: [b]spare me then, for my days are but vanity.

17 What is man, that thou [c]dost magnify him, and that thou settest thine heart upon him?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:15 He speaketh as one overcome with sorrow, and not of judgment, or of the examination of his faith.
  2. Job 7:16 Seeing my term of life is so short, let me have some rest and ease.
  3. Job 7:17 Seeing that man of himself is so vile, why dost thou give him that honor to contend against him? Job useth all kinds of persuasion with God, that he might stay his hand.

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