Verse Comparison: Job 7:16
American Standard Version
I loathe `my life'; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Amplified® Bible
I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath (futility).
Contemporary English Version
Leave me alone and let me die; my life has no meaning.
Darby English Version
I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
Good News Bible
I give up; I am tired of living. Leave me alone. My life makes no sense.
King James Version
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
New American Standard Bible
"I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are {but} a breath.
New International Version
I despise my life; I would not live forever.
Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
New King James Version
I loathe my life;
I would not live forever.
Let me alone,
For my days are but a breath.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I waste away; I will not live forever Leave me alone, for my days seem but a breath.
Revised Standard Version
I loathe my life; I would not live for ever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath.
Young's Literal Translation
I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days `are' vanity.
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