Job 3:21
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Job 3:21 in other translations
| BSB | who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure, |
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| WEB | who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures, |
| ASV | Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures; |
| YLT | Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures. |
| DARBY | Who long for death, and it cometh not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures; |
| BBE | To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth; |
| Webster | Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; |
What does Job 3:21 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 3:20-26
Job was like a man who had lost his way, and had no prospect of escape, or hope of better times. But surely he was in an ill frame for death when so unwilling to live. Let it be our constant care to get ready for another world, and then leave it to God to order our removal thither as he thinks fit. Grace teaches us in the midst of life's greatest comforts, to be willing to die, and in the midst of its greatest…
Job 3:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 3:21
- Revelation 9:6
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
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
- Numbers 11:15
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.
- Jonah 4:8
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.
- 1 Kings 19:4
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.
- Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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Context
- Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
- Job 3:21
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
- Job 3:22
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Job 3:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que esperan la muerte, y ella no llega, aunque la buscan más que tesoros; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | À ceux qui attendent la mort, et elle n’est pas là, – qui la cherchent plus que des trésors cachés, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | die auf den Tod harren, und er ist nicht da, und die nach ihm graben, mehr als nach verborgenen Schätzen; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui expectant mortem, et non venit, quasi effodientes thesaurum; |