Job 6:9
New Living Translation
9 I wish he would crush me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
1 Kings 19:4
New Living Translation
4 Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”
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Jonah 4:3
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3 Just kill me now, Lord! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”
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Jonah 4:8
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8 And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.
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Isaiah 48:10-13
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10 I have refined you, but not as silver is refined.
Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.
11 I will rescue you for my sake—
yes, for my own sake!
I will not let my reputation be tarnished,
and I will not share my glory with idols!
Freedom from Babylon
12 “Listen to me, O family of Jacob,
Israel my chosen one!
I alone am God,
the First and the Last.
13 It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth,
my right hand that spread out the heavens above.
When I call out the stars,
they all appear in order.”
Job 7:15-16
New Living Translation
15 I would rather be strangled—
rather die than suffer like this.
16 I hate my life and don’t want to go on living.
Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
Revelation 9:6
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6 In those days people will seek death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them!
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Psalm 32:4
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4 Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.
My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Interlude
Job 19:21
New Living Translation
21 “Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
for the hand of God has struck me.
Job 14:13
New Living Translation
13 “I wish you would hide me in the grave[a]
and forget me there until your anger has passed.
But mark your calendar to think of me again!
Footnotes
- 14:13 Hebrew in Sheol.
Job 3:20-22
New Living Translation
20 “Oh, why give light to those in misery,
and life to those who are bitter?
21 They long for death, and it won’t come.
They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.
22 They’re filled with joy when they finally die,
and rejoice when they find the grave.
Numbers 11:14-15
New Living Translation
14 I can’t carry all these people by myself! The load is far too heavy! 15 If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery!”
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