15 So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my [a]pains.
16 I [b](A)waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, (B)for my days are only a breath.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:15 Lit bones
  2. Job 7:16 Or loathe

Wisdom and Foolishness Contrasted

A (A)good name is better than good [a]oil,
And the (B)day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:1 I.e., olive oil

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