Job 7:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.”
Job 7:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 7:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Job 7:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.”
Job 7:16 — World English Bible
Job 7:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I loathe my life; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.”
Job 7:16 — American Standard Version
Job 7:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“I have wasted away--not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days <FI>are<Fi> vanity.”
Job 7:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 7:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath. ”
Job 7:16 — Darby Translation
Job 7:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.”
Job 7:16 — Geneva Bible
Job 7:16 in Context — Job 7
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
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.
17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
What Does Job 7:16 Mean?
Job 7:16 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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