Job 3:21
That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
22And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave.
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord, take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.
Job 6:9And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.
Ecclesiastes 4:2And I praised the dead rather than the living:
Jonah 4:8And when the sun was risen, the Lord commanded a hot and burning wind: and the sun beat upon the head of Jonas, and he broiled with the heat: and he desired for his soul 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 →