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Job Chapter 7 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Job 7:16

I loathe `my life'; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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BBE Job 7:16

I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.
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DARBY Job 7:16

I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
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KJV Job 7:16

I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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WBT Job 7:16

I lothe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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WEB Job 7:16

I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone; for my days are but a breath.
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YLT Job 7:16

I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days `are' vanity.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - I loathe it; rather, I am wasted away - "ulceratus tabesco" (Schultens). I would not live alway; rather, I shall not live alway. Let me alone; for my days are vanity; literally, cease from me; i.e. "cease to trouble me" - with, perhaps, the further meaning. "cease to trouble thyself about me;" for I am sufficiently reduced to nothingness - my life is mere vanity.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) I loathe it--i.e., the thought of self-destruction; or, I loathe my life; or, according to others (see the margin), I waste away: this, however, is perhaps less probable. Then the thought comes with a ray of comfort, "I shall not live for ever;" for this seems more in accordance with the context than the Authorised Version: "I would not live always."