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Job 7:15

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.

Job 7:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 7:15

Theological / Devotional

Strangling. It is possible that a sense of choking may have accompanied Job’s affliction. At any rate, he considers strangling as more desirable than life. My life. Literally, “my bones,” an expression probably equivalent to “a living skeleton.”

By SdaBc