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title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I would rather be strangled— rather die than suffer like this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So that my soul chooseth strangling, <i>and</i> death rather than my life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So that my soul chooses strangling <i>And</i> death rather than my body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So that I would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />so that I prefer strangling — death rather than life in this body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />so that I prefer strangling— death rather than life in this body. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I'd rather choke to death than live in this body. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than these my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />My throat would rather be choked. My body would prefer death [to these dreams]. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />until I would rather be strangled than live in this miserable body. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I would rather die by strangulation than continue living. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And my soul chooses strangling, "" Death rather than my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And my soul will choose strangling; death rather than my bones.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />so that, because of these things, my soul would choose hanging, and my bones, death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So that I should prefer strangulation and death rather than my existence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />so that I would choose strangling and death rather than this body.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast drawn my life out of destruction, and my bones out of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you picked my soul out of destruction, and my bones from death<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet <i>keep</i> my bones from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/7-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1106" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/7.htm">Job Continues: Life Seems Futile</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions, <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">so that I</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: wat·tiḇ·ḥar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">would prefer</a> <a href="/hebrew/4267.htm" title="4267: ma·ḥă·nāq (N-ms) -- Strangling, suffocation. From chanaq: choking.">strangling</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mā·weṯ (N-ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">and death</a> <a href="/hebrew/6106.htm" title="6106: mê·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāy (Prep-m:: N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Bone, substance, self. From atsam; a bone; by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. Selfsame.">over my life in this body.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-6.htm">Psalm 42:6</a></span><br />O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—even from Mount Mizar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Psalm 88:3-5</a></span><br />For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. / I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. / I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Psalm 31:9-10</a></span><br />Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. / For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-17.htm">Psalm 38:17</a></span><br />For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6</a></span><br />I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/13-2.htm">Psalm 13:2</a></span><br />How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? / I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-1.htm">Psalm 69:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. / I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. / I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Psalm 102:3-5</a></span><br />For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. / My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. / Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-14.htm">Jeremiah 20:14-18</a></span><br />Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed. / Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy. / May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-17.htm">Lamentations 3:17-20</a></span><br />My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. / So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” / Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8-9</a></span><br />We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-10</a></span><br />We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. / We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23-27</a></span><br />Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. / Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. / Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-23.htm">Philippians 1:23-24</a></span><br />I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed. / But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life.</p><p class="hdg">chooseth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/17-23.htm">2 Samuel 17:23</a></b></br> And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled <i>his</i> ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/27-5.htm">Matthew 27:5</a></b></br> And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.</p><p class="hdg">life.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/1-19.htm">Better</a> <a href="/job/7-5.htm">Body</a> <a href="/job/4-14.htm">Bones</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-7.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-15.htm">Chooses</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-15.htm">Chooseth</a> <a href="/job/6-10.htm">Death</a> <a href="/job/7-5.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/job/7-7.htm">Life</a> <a href="/job/6-10.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-6.htm">Prefer</a> <a href="/esther/6-6.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/esther/8-8.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/job/7-11.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Strangling</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/10-18.htm">Better</a> <a href="/job/10-18.htm">Body</a> <a href="/job/10-11.htm">Bones</a> <a href="/job/9-3.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/psalms/47-4.htm">Chooses</a> <a href="/job/15-5.htm">Chooseth</a> <a href="/job/9-23.htm">Death</a> <a href="/job/9-4.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/job/8-19.htm">Life</a> <a href="/job/9-28.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/job/36-21.htm">Prefer</a> <a href="/job/32-2.htm">Rather</a> <a href="/job/12-4.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/job/9-21.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Strangling</a><div class="vheading2">Job 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/7-1.htm">Job excuses his desire of death.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/7-12.htm">He complains of his own restlessness, and reasons with God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>so that I would prefer strangling and death</b><br>In this phrase, Job expresses a deep sense of despair and hopelessness. The imagery of "strangling" suggests a feeling of being suffocated by his circumstances, a metaphor for the intense suffering he is enduring. This reflects the broader theme of the Book of Job, where Job grapples with the problem of suffering and the justice of God. The desire for death over life is echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as in Elijah's plea in <a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm">1 Kings 19:4</a> and Jonah's lament in <a href="/jonah/4-3.htm">Jonah 4:3</a>, where both prophets express a wish to die rather than continue in their distress. This highlights a common human response to overwhelming suffering, yet it also sets the stage for God's eventual response and revelation to Job.<p><b>over my life in this body</b><br>The phrase "in this body" emphasizes the physical aspect of Job's suffering. Job's afflictions are not just spiritual or emotional but are deeply physical, as described in earlier chapters where he suffers from painful sores and other ailments. This underscores the biblical understanding of the human being as a unity of body and spirit, where physical suffering can deeply impact one's spiritual and emotional state. The New Testament also addresses the struggles of life in the body, as seen in Paul's writings in <a href="/romans/7-24.htm">Romans 7:24</a>, where he laments the "body of death" and longs for deliverance through Jesus Christ. This connection points to the hope of resurrection and redemption, where believers look forward to a future where suffering is no more, as promised in <a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived. It is often associated with the region east of Israel, though its exact location is uncertain.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The context of this verse is Job's lament over his intense physical and emotional suffering, which leads him to express a preference for death over his current state of misery.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>Job's expression of preferring death highlights the depth of human suffering and the struggle to find meaning in it. It is important to acknowledge the reality of suffering in our lives and the lives of others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cry_for_relief.htm">The Cry for Relief</a></b><br>Job's lament is a raw and honest cry for relief. It teaches us that it is okay to bring our deepest pains and desires before God, trusting that He hears us even in our darkest moments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_despair.htm">Hope Beyond Despair</a></b><br>While Job expresses a desire for death, the broader account of Scripture points to hope and redemption. We are reminded to hold onto the hope that God provides, even when circumstances seem unbearable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community.htm">The Role of Community</a></b><br>Job's friends initially come to comfort him, though they later fail in their support. This highlights the importance of being present and compassionate towards those who are suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_trials.htm">Faith in Trials</a></b><br>Job's account encourages us to maintain faith in God, even when we do not understand our circumstances. Trusting in God's sovereignty and goodness is crucial during trials.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_machiavellianism.htm">What does 'To dust you shall return' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_49_12_contradict_soul_immortality.htm">Psalm 49:12 likens humans to animals in their mortality--does this contradict the doctrine of an immortal soul seen elsewhere in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_7_9's_death-cloud_view_unscientific.htm">Could Job 7:9's comparison of death to a vanishing cloud be viewed as scientifically or logically inconsistent with modern understandings of matter and energy conservation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_acts_13_36-37_align_with_scripture.htm">Acts 13:36-37: Paul claims David 'saw corruption' while Jesus did not; how is this consistent with other scriptural passages about bodily decay and resurrection?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">So that my soul maketh</span> choice of strangling and death rather than a life like this. Literally, <span class= "ital">than these my bones, </span>or, as some take it, <span class= "ital">a death by these my members: </span>a death inflicted by myself, suicide.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">So that my soul chooseth strangling</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "so that I would prefer strangling to such horrid dreams," which are worse than any physical sufferings. Some see here a reference to suicide: but this is s very forced explanation. Suicide, as already observed, seems never even to have occurred to the thoughts of Job (see the comment on Job 6:8). <span class="cmt_word">And death rather than my life</span>; literally, <span class="accented">rather than my bones.</span> Death, that is, would be preferable to such a life as he leads, which is that of a living skeleton. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/7-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">so that I</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִׁ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">would prefer</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּבְחַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiḇ·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> </span><span class="str2">To try, select</span><br /><br /><span class="word">strangling</span><br /><span class="heb">מַחֲנָ֣ק</span> <span class="translit">(ma·ḥă·nāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4267.htm">Strong's 4267: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strangling, suffocation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and death</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֝֗וֶת</span> <span class="translit">(mā·weṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over my life in this body.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6106.htm">Strong's 6106: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/7-15.htm">OT Poetry: Job 7:15 So that my soul chooses strangling death (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/7-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 7:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 7:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/7-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 7:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 7:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>