Job 7:16,19
Job 7:11-16 The Message (MSG)
“And so I’m not keeping one bit of this quiet, I’m laying it all out on the table; my complaining to high heaven is bitter, but honest. Are you going to put a muzzle on me, the way you quiet the sea and still the storm? If I say, ‘I’m going to bed, then I’ll feel better. A little nap will lift my spirits,’ You come and so scare me with nightmares and frighten me with ghosts That I’d rather strangle in the sheets than face this kind of life any longer. I hate this life! Who needs any more of this? Let me alone! There’s nothing to my life—it’s nothing but smoke.
Job 7:17-21 The Message (MSG)
“What are mortals anyway, that you bother with them, that you even give them the time of day? That you check up on them every morning, looking in on them to see how they’re doing? Let up on me, will you? Can’t you even let me spit in peace? Even suppose I’d sinned—how would that hurt you? You’re responsible for every human being. Don’t you have better things to do than pick on me? Why make a federal case out of me? Why don’t you just forgive my sins and start me off with a clean slate? The way things are going, I’ll soon be dead. You’ll look high and low, but I won’t be around.”
Job 7:16 King James Version (KJV)
I loathe it; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Job 7:19 King James Version (KJV)
How long wilt thou not depart from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Job 7:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Job 7:19 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
Job 7:16 New Century Version (NCV)
I hate my life; I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, because my days have no meaning.
Job 7:19 New Century Version (NCV)
Will you never look away from me or leave me alone even long enough to swallow?
Job 7:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
I loathe my life; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Job 7:19 American Standard Version (ASV)
How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Job 7:16 New International Version (NIV)
I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
Job 7:19 New International Version (NIV)
Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?
Job 7:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, For my days are but a breath.
Job 7:19 New King James Version (NKJV)
How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
Job 7:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“I waste away and loathe my life; I will not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are but a breath [futile and without substance].
Job 7:19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me [it plagues me], Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?
Job 7:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
I hate my life and don’t want to go on living. Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.
Job 7:19 New Living Translation (NLT)
Why won’t you leave me alone, at least long enough for me to swallow!