Translations
Modern
…so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
Traditional
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Literal
…so that my soul would choose strangling and death rather than my bones.
Latin
Quam ob rem elegit suspendium anima mea, et mortem ossa mea.
Original
Hebrew
English
…so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
Notes
Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.
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