Job 3:21
Who long for death, and it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Noyes 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 giveth He light to him that is in misery, And life to the bitter in soul,
22Who rejoice exceedingly, Yea, exult, when they can find a grave?
Cross References
Job 6:9That it would please God to destroy me; That he would let loose his hand, and make an end of me!
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall be wearied out; They shall find no refuge; Their hope is—the breathing forth of life.
Ecclesiastes 4:2Therefore I praised the dead, who have been long ago dead, more than the living, who are yet alive.
Jonah 4:8And when the sun arose, God appointed a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, and he was faint, and he asked for himself death, 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 →