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

15 so that I prefer strangling and death,(A)
    rather than this body of mine.(B)
16 I despise my life;(C) I would not live forever.(D)
    Let me alone;(E) my days have no meaning.(F)

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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

Wisdom

A good name is better than fine perfume,(A)
    and the day of death better than the day of birth.(B)

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