Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Cross-references
Job 3:20 questions why life is given to the miserable — a direct continuation of Job's death wish.
In Job 6:9, Job similarly longs for God to cut him off—a direct parallel to his wish for death here.
In Job 9:21, Job declares he loathes his life—matching the death wish expressed here.
In Job 36:20, Elihu warns against longing for the night of death—directly opposing Job's wish here.
2 Samuel 17:23 recounts Ahithophel hanging himself — mirroring Job's wish for strangling.
Matthew 27:5 has Judas hanging himself — a direct parallel to Job's desire for strangling/death.
In Ecclesiastes 2:17, the Preacher hates life under the sun—a parallel to Job's choice of death over life.
In Jeremiah 8:3, the remnant chooses death over life—a direct parallel to Job's death wish here.
In Jonah 4:3, Jonah asks God to take his life, preferring death to life—identical to Job's wish.
In Revelation 9:6, people seek death but cannot find it — a reversal of Job's desire for death, highlighting the torment of unfulfilled longing.
Numbers 11:15 has Moses asking to be killed — a parallel to Job's wish for death, though by God's hand.
Numbers 14:2 records Israelites wishing they had died — a parallel to Job's preference for death over suffering.
In Proverbs 18:14, a crushed spirit is unbearable—explaining Job's death wish as the result of a broken spirit.