Job 3:21
Strong's Lexicon
who long
הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים (ham·ḥak·kîm)
Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2442: 1) to wait, wait for, await 1a) (Qal) to wait for 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to wait, tarry 1b2) to wait (in ambush) 1b3) to wait for, long for

for death
לַמָּ֣וֶת (lam·mā·weṯ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: 1) death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead 1a) death 1b) death by violence (as a penalty) 1c) state of death, place of death

that does not come,
וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ (wə·’ê·nen·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of

and search for it
וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ (way·yaḥ·pə·ru·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2658: 1) to dig, search for 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dig 1a2) to search, search out, explore

like hidden treasure,
מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃ (mim·maṭ·mō·w·nîm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4301: 1) hidden treasure, treasure

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,

Young's Literal Translation
Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
who wait for  death,  but  it  does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasure,

New American Standard Bible
Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

King James Bible
Which long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,

New Living Translation
They long for death, and it won't come. They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.

English Standard Version
who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

New American Standard Bible
Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
who wait for death, but it does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasure,

International Standard Version
To those who are longing for death— even though it does not come? To those who search for it more than for hidden treasure?

NET Bible
to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
















Cross References
Revelation 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.

Job 3:22
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

Proverbs 2:4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Jeremiah 8:3
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Job 3:19
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

Job 3:18
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Job 3:24
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
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