Job 3:21
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
KJV
qui expectant mortem, et non venit, quasi effodientes thesaurum ;
Vulgate
οἳ ὀμείρονται τοῦ θανάτου καὶ οὐ τυγχάνουσιν, ἀνορύσσοντες ὥσπερ θησαυρούς·
LXX
Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
ASV
הַֽ/מְחַכִּ֣ים לַ/מָּ֣וֶת וְ/אֵינֶ֑/נּוּ וַֽ֝/יַּחְפְּרֻ֗/הוּ מִ/מַּטְמוֹנִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
חִכִּ֛ינוּ
chkynv
verb · 14×
חָֽפְרוּ֙
chprv
verb · 22×
מַטְמוֹן֙
mtmvn
noun · 5×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 19:4 — But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my l
- Jonah 4:3 — Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
- Jonah 4:8 — And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for
- Num 11:15 — And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
- Prov 2:4 — If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
- Prov 2:4 — If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
- Rev 9:6 — And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.