Job 7:15

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

Cross-references

Job 3:20 Parallel

Job 3:20 questions why life is given to the miserable — a direct continuation of Job's death wish.

Job 6:9 Parallel

In Job 6:9, Job similarly longs for God to cut him off—a direct parallel to his wish for death here.

Job 9:21 Parallel

In Job 9:21, Job declares he loathes his life—matching the death wish expressed here.

Job 36:20 Contrast

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.

Jonah 4:3 Parallel

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.

Proverbs 18:14 Related theme

In Proverbs 18:14, a crushed spirit is unbearable—explaining Job's death wish as the result of a broken spirit.