Job 7:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Chooseth; not simply and in itself, but comparatively, rather than such a wretched life. Strangling; the most violent, so it be but a certain and sudden death. Rather than my life, Heb. than my bones, i.e. than my body, formerly the soul's dear and desired companion; or than to be in the body, which commonly consists of skin, and flesh, and bones, but in Job was in a manner nothing but a bundle of boiles; for his skin was every where broken, and his flesh was quite consumed, as he oft complains, and his bones also were not free from pain and torment; for as Satan's commission reached to Job's bones, Job 2:5, so doubtless his malice and wicked design would engage him to execute it to the utmost.