Job 3:21

Which long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

Which long {H2442} for death {H4194}, but it cometh not; and dig {H2658} for it more than for hid treasures {H4301};

They long for death, but it never comes; they search for it more than for buried treasure;

who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,

Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 9:6 (7 votes)

    And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

  • Proverbs 2:4 (5 votes)

    If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;

  • Jonah 4:3 (3 votes)

    Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for [it is] better for me to die than to live.

  • Jonah 4:8 (3 votes)

    And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, [It is] better for me to die than to live.

  • Numbers 11:15 (3 votes)

    And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

  • 1 Kings 19:4 (3 votes)

    But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and 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.