Job 3:21
who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
World Messianic 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
20“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,
22who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
Job 6:9even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 4:2Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
Jonah 4:8When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He 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 →