Job 3:22
who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
In Context
21who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
23Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Cross References
Job 6:8If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
Job 7:15so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
Job 21:33The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
Ecclesiastes 4:3But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
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 →