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So that my soul chooses strangling, Death rather than my bones.
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A Cry for Death
Commentators explain that Job's suffering was so extreme, both physically and mentally, that he preferred any form of death ('strangling') over his current existence. The phrase 'rather than my bones' refers to his emaciated, pain-racked body. This verse is a raw and honest depiction of human anguish at its limit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
So that my soul - This means "so that I"; the soul is used here to represent the person himself.
Chooses strangling - Dr. …
19th Century
Anglican
So that my soul maketh choice of strangling and death rather than a life like this. Literally, than these my bones,
Baptist
Were you ever in this terrible place, dear friend? Some of us have been there, and we have used the very language of Job; and yet, for all that, we…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So that my soul chooses strangling Not to strangle himself, as Ahithophel did, or to be strangled by others, this be…
Plain truths concerning the shortness and vanity of human life, and the certainty of death, do us good when we think and speak of them, applying th…
13th Century
Catholic
After Job has shown that the consolation of Eliphaz, which was based on the promise of earthly happiness, was leading him to despair and the desire…
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