Job 3:21
Who wait for death, which [cometh] not; and who dig for it sooner than for hidden treasures;
Leeser Tanakh
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 giveth He now light to the labor-laden, and life unto the bitter in soul?
22Who would rejoice even to exulting, who would be glad could they but find a grave?
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4But he himself went forward into the wilderness a day's journey, and he came and sat down under a certain broom-bush: and he requested for himself to die; and he said, It is enough, now, O Lord, take away my soul; for I am not better than my fathers.
Job 6:9Yea, that it would please God that he might crush me: that he would let loose his hand, and make an end of me!
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and the means of escape will vanish from them, and their [sole] hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.
Ecclesiastes 4:2Thereupon praised I the dead that are already dead, more than the living who are still alive;
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God made ready a hot east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he became faint; and he wished for himself to 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 →