Job 3:21

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

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;

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

who desire death, and obtain it not, digging for it as for treasures;

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WLC

הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים לַמָּ֣וֶת וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃

LXX-Br

οἳ ἱμείρονται τοῦ θανάτου, καὶ οὐ τυγχάνουσιν ἀνορύσσοντες ὥσπερ θησαυροὺς,

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• Revelation 9:6In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
• Proverbs 2:4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
• Numbers 11:15If 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 19:4while he himself traveled on 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 4:3And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
• Jonah 4:8As 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.”

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