What have I done to You, aO watcher of men?
Why bhave You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden1 to myself?
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust,
And You will seek me diligently,
But I will no longer be.”
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American Standard Version
So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than `these' my bones.
Amplified® Bible
So that I would choose strangling {and} death rather than these my bones.
Contemporary English Version
I'd rather choke to death than live in this body.
Darby English Version
So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
Good News Bible
until I would rather be strangled than live in this miserable body.
King James Version
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
New American Standard Bible
So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.
New International Version
so that I prefer strangling and death,
rather than this body of mine.
New King James Version
So that my soul chooses strangling
And death rather than my body.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.
Revised Standard Version
so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones.
Young's Literal Translation
And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.
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