NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon So that my soulnephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) chooseth bachar (baw-khar') to try, i.e. (by implication) select -- acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require. strangling machanaq (makh-an-ak') choking -- strangling. and death maveth (maw'-veth) death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d). rather than my life `etsem (eh'tsem) a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame -- body, bone, life, (self-)same, strength, very. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains. King James Bible So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. Holman Christian Standard Bible so that I prefer strangling-- death rather than life in this body. International Standard Version I would rather die by strangulation than continue living. NET Bible so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life. GOD'S WORD® Translation My throat would rather be choked. My body would prefer death [to these dreams]. King James 2000 Bible So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life. Links Job 7:15Job 7:15 NIV Job 7:15 NLT Job 7:15 ESV Job 7:15 NASB Job 7:15 KJV |
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