Job 3:21
To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
In Context
20Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
22Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.
Job 6:9If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!
Job 11:20But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.
Ecclesiastes 4:2So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.
Jonah 4:8Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.
Matthew Henry on Job 3:21-26
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.… Read the whole commentary →