Job 6:9
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9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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Job 6:9
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1 Kings 19:4
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4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
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1 Kings 19:4
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4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush,(A) sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life;(B) I am no better than my ancestors.”
Jonah 4:3
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3 Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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Jonah 4:3
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Jonah 4:8
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8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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Jonah 4:8
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8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die,(A) and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”
Isaiah 48:10-13
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10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
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Isaiah 48:10-13
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Job 7:15-16
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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.
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Revelation 9:6
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6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
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Revelation 9:6
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6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(A)
Psalm 32:4
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4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
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Psalm 32:4
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Footnotes
- Psalm 32:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.
Job 19:21
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21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
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Job 19:21
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Job 14:13
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13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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Job 14:13
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Job 3:20-22
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20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
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Job 3:20-22
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Numbers 11:14-15
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14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
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Numbers 11:14-15
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14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.(A) 15 If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me(B)—if I have found favor in your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin.”
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