Job 3:21
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, 1 when they can find the kever? 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
20Which long for mavet, but it cometh not; 1 and dig for it more than for hidden treasures; 1
22Why is ohr given to a gever whose derech is hidden, 1 and whom Elohim hath hedged in? 1
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4But he himself went derech yom (a dayʼs journey) into the midbar, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he requested for his nefesh to die; and said, It is enough; now, O Hashem, take away my nefesh; for I am no better than my avot.
Job 6:9Even that it would please Eloah to crush me; 1 that He would let loose His yad, and cut me off! 1
Job 11:20But the eyes of the resha'im faileth, 1 and they shall not escape, 1 and their tikveh shall be as the last gasp of the nefesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:2Wherefore I praised the mesim which are already dead more than the living ones which are yet alive.
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the shemesh did arise, that Elohim prepared a vehement scorching east ruach (wind); and the shemesh beat upon the rosh Yonah, that he grew faint, and wanted to + 4:8 Moshiach is the Navi like Moshe, the Navi like Yonah, whom Mavet swallows and then vomits up so that he can divide the spoil with those whose chet he bears away to death like the Yom Kippur scapegoat (see Isa 53:12 ). 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 →