New Revised Standard Version
who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

Contemporary English Version
I keep longing for death more than I would seek a valuable treasure.

New American Bible
They wait for death and it does not come; they search for it more than for hidden treasures.

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

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

long.

Numbers 11:15 But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I beseech thee to kill me, and let me find grace in thy eyes, that I be not afflicted with so great evils.

1 Kings 19:4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.

Jonah 4:3,8 And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil. . . .

Revelation 9:6 And in those days, men shall seek death and shall not find it. And they shall desire to die: and death shall fly from them.

dig.

Proverbs 2:4 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God: