Job 3:21 BSB — MannaFest

Job 3:21

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Dig - Desire with as much earnestness as men dig for treasure: but it is observable, Job durst not do anything to hasten or procure his death: notwithstanding all his miseries, he was contented to wait all the days of his appointed time, 'till his change came, chap. xiv, 14.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Bitterness of soul, through spiritual grievances, makes life itself bitter. Why doth he give light? (so it is in the original): he means God, yet does not name him, though the devil had said, "He will curse thee to thy face;" but he tacitly reflects on the divine Providence as unjust and unkind in continuing life when the comforts of life are removed.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was Job's folly and weakness to curse his day. We must say of it, This was his infirmity; but good men have sometimes failed in the exercise of those graces which they have been most eminent for, that we may understand that when they are said to be perfect it is meant that they were upright, not that they were sinless.

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Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים	ham.cha.Kim	those [who] long	H2442 →
לַמָּ֣וֶת	la.Ma.vet	for <the> death	H4194 →
וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ	ve.'ei.Ne.nu	and there not [is] it	H369 →
וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ	vai.yach.pe.Ru.hu	and they dug for it	H2658 →
מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃	mi.mat.mo.Nim	more than hidden treasures	H4301 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
1 Kings 19:4
while 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,…
leads to
- Jonah 4:3
  And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 11:15
  If 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.”
Through
Revelation 9:6
In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
leads to
- Luke 23:30
  At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
- Jeremiah 8:3
  And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- Revelation 6:16
  And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
- Isaiah 2:19
  Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
- Hosea 10:8
  The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall…
Through
Proverbs 2:4
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
leads to
- Matthew 13:44
  The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that…

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job