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Job 3:21

World English Bible

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

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Job 3:21 in other translations

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

Job 3:21 · American Standard Version

Job 3:21 in context

  1. 19The small and the great are there.
    The servant is free from his master.
  2. 20“Why is light given to him who is in misery,
    life to the bitter in soul,
  3. 21Who long for death, but it doesn’t come;
    and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
  4. 22who rejoice exceedingly,
    and are glad, when they can find the grave?
  5. 23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
    whom God has hedged in?