Job 3:21
who expect death, and it does not arrive, like those who dig for treasure
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 is light given to the miserable, and life to those who are in bitterness of soul,
22and who rejoice greatly when they have found the grave,
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4And he continued on, into the desert, for one day’s journey. And when he had arrived, and was sitting under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die. And he said: “It is enough for me, O Lord. Take my soul. For I am no better than my fathers.”
Job 6:9and that he who, at first, had crushed me, will let loose his hand and cut me down?
Job 11:20But the eyes of the impious will fade away, and the path to escape will perish before them, for the abomination of the soul is their hope.
Ecclesiastes 4:2And so, I praised the dead more than the living.
Jonah 4:8And when the sun had risen, the Lord ordered a hot and burning wind. And the sun beat down on the head of Jonah, and he burned. And he petitioned for his soul that he might die, and he said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
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 →