Job 3:21
who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
Berean Standard Bible
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 the bitter of soul,
22who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
Ecclesiastes 4:2So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
Jonah 4:8As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “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 →