King James Version

Job 7:15

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

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וַתִּבְחַ֣רvativcharand acceptableבָּחַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and acceptable”, the next action in the storyH977properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) selectacceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.מַחֲנָ֣קmachanaqstranglingמַחֲנַקnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “strangling”, the ordinary formH4267chokingstrangling.נַפְשִׁ֑יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…מָ֝֗וֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽיmeatsmotayfrom bodyעֶצֶםpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.

Young’s Literal Translation

And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.

World English Bible

so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.

Darby Translation

So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.

Douay-Rheims

So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet keep my bones from death.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπαλλάξεις ἀπὸ πνεύματός μου τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἀπὸ δὲ θανάτου τὰ ὀστᾶ μου.