Job 3:21

WEB

²¹who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

KJV

²¹Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

BSB

²¹who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,

FBV

²¹those who are waiting for death that does not come and who are looking for death more desperately than hunting for treasure?

Extra References

Revelation 9:6

⁶In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

Proverbs 2:4

⁴if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

Jonah 4:3

³Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

⁴But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then 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 4:8

⁸When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Numbers 11:15

¹⁵If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don’t let me see my wretchedness.”