Job 3:21
who desire death, and obtain it not, digging for it as for treasures;
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
In Context
20For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to those souls which are in griefs?
22and would be very joyful if they should gain it?
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4And he himself went a day's journey in the wilderness, and came and sat under a juniper tree; and asked concerning his life that he might die, and said, Let it be enough now, O Lord, take, I pray you, my life from me; for I am no better than my fathers.
Job 6:9Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me.
Job 11:20But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.
Ecclesiastes 4:2and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now.
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun struck on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, 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 →