Job Chapter 3 verse 21 Holy Bible
Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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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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Who long for death, and it [cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
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Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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Who long for death, but it doesn't come; Dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
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Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - Which long for death, but it cometh not; literally, which wait for death' anxiously and longingly (comp. Psalm 33:20). And dig for it more than for hid treasures; i.e. "seek it more earnestly than even they seek who dig for hid treasures." As Professor Lee remarks, "From the great instability of all Eastern governments, treasures were in Eastern countries often hid away" ('Book of Job,' pp. 200, 201). And hence treasure-seeking became a profession, which was pursued with avidity by a large number of persons. Even at the present day Orientals are so possessed with the idea, that they imagine every European, who is eager to unearth antiquities, must be seeking for buried treasure.
