Job 3:21
Who long for death, and it [cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
In Context
20Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,
22Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave?
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Job 6:9And that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.
Ecclesiastes 4:2Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, so that he fainted; and he requested for himself that he might die, and 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 →