Job 3:21
Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
In Context
20Wherewith is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul —
22Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave? —
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom-tree; and he requested for himself that he might die; and said: 'It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.'
Job 6:9Even 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 they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.
Ecclesiastes 4:2Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive;
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and 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 →