Job 3:22
Why is light given to one who rejoices very much 1 and is glad when he finds the grave? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
In Context
23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, 1 a man whom God has hedged in? 1
Cross References
Job 6:8Oh, that I might have my request; 1 oh, that God would grant me the thing I long for: 1
Job 7:15so that I would choose strangling 1 and death rather than preserving these bones of mine. 1
Job 21:33The clods of the valley will be sweet to him; 1 all people will follow after him, 1 as there were innumerable people before him. 1
Ecclesiastes 4:3However, more fortunate than both of them is the one who has not yet lived, 2 the one who has not seen any of the evil acts that are 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 →