Job 6:9
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9 that it would (A)please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
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 broom tree. (A)And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
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Jonah 4:3
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3 (A)Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, (B)for 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 appointed a scorching (A)east wind, (B)and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he (C)was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, (D)“It is better for me to die than to live.”
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Isaiah 48:10-13
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10 Behold, I have refined you, (A)but not as silver;
(B)I have tried[a] you in the furnace of affliction.
11 (C)For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
for how should my name[b] be profaned?
(D)My glory I will not give to another.
The Lord's Call to Israel
12 “Listen to me, O Jacob,
and Israel, whom I called!
I am he; (E)I am the first,
and I am the last.
13 My hand (F)laid the foundation of the earth,
and my right hand (G)spread out the heavens;
(H)when I call to them,
they stand forth together.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 48:10 Or I have chosen
- Isaiah 48:11 Hebrew lacks my name
Job 7:15-16
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15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my (A)bones.
16 I (B)loathe my life; I would not live forever.
(C)Leave me alone, for my days are (D)a breath.
Revelation 9:6
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6 And in those days (A)people will seek death and 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 For day and night your (A)hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[a] as by the heat of summer. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 32:4 Hebrew my vitality was changed
Job 19:21
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21 Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends,
for the hand of God has (A)touched me!
Job 14:13
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13 Oh that you would (A)hide me in (B)Sheol,
that you would (C)conceal me (D)until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Job 3:20-22
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20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery,
and life to (A)the bitter in soul,
21 who (B)long for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for (C)hidden treasures,
22 who rejoice exceedingly
and are glad when they find the grave?
Numbers 11:14-15
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14 (A)I am not able to carry all this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”
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