Job 6:9
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9 that it would please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!(A)
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 solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.”(A)
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Jonah 4:3
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3 And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”(A)
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Jonah 4:8
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8 When the sun rose, God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
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Isaiah 48:10-13
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10 See, I have refined you but not like[a] silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of adversity.(A)
11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
for why should my name[b] be profaned?
My glory I will not give to another.(B)
12 Listen to me, O Jacob,
and Israel, whom I called:
I am he; I am the first,
and I am the last.(C)
13 My hand laid the foundation of the earth,
and my right hand spread out the heavens;
when I summon them,
they stand at attention.(D)
Job 7:15-16
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15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than this body.
16 I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are a breath.(A)
Revelation 9:6
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6 And in those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.(A)
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Psalm 32:4
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4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[a] as by the heat of summer. Selah(A)
Footnotes
- 32.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 19:21
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21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
for the hand of God has touched me!(A)
Job 14:13
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13 O that you would hide me in Sheol,
that you would conceal me until your wrath is past,
that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!(A)
Job 3:20-22
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20 “Why is light given to one in misery
and life to the bitter in soul,(A)
21 who long for death, but it does not come,
and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;(B)
22 who rejoice exceedingly
and are glad when they find the grave?
Numbers 11:14-15
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14 I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me.(A) 15 If this is the way you are going to treat me, put me to death at once—if I have found favor in your sight—and do not let me see my misery.”(B)
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