Job 3:21 “who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden t…”

Job 3:21

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Which long for death, and if it come not, they would euen search it more then treasures:

Darby Translation

Who long for death, and it [cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

Young's Literal Translation

Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

Bible in Basic English

To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;

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Cross references

“long”

Revelation 9:6 Numbers 11:15 1 Kings 19:4 Jonah 4:3 Jonah 4:8

Revelation 9:6 · BSB

In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

Numbers 11:15 · BSB

If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”

1 Kings 19:4 · BSB

while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

Jonah 4:3 · BSB

And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Jonah 4:8 · BSB

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

“dig”

Proverbs 2:4

Proverbs 2:4 · BSB

if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

22who rejoice and greatly exult when they reach the grave?

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