Job 3:21

Catholic Public Domain Version

who expect death, and it does not arrive, like those who dig for treasure

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

And he continued on, into the desert, for one day's journey. And when he had arrived, and was sitting under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die. And he said: "It is enough for me, O Lord. Take my soul. For I am no better than my fathers."

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the impious will fade away, and the path to escape will perish before them, for the abomination of the soul is their hope.

Job 3:22

and who rejoice greatly when they have found the grave,

Job 6:8

Who will grant that my petition may arrive and that God may bestow on me what I expect,

Job 6:9

and that he who, at first, had crushed me, will let loose his hand and cut me down?

Job 7:15

so that, because of these things, my soul would choose hanging, and my bones, death.

Proverbs 2:4

if you will seek her like money, and dig for her as if for treasure,

Ecclesiastes 4:2

And so, I praised the dead more than the living.

Jeremiah 8:3

And they will greatly prefer death to life: all those who will have been left from this wicked kindred, in all the forsaken places to which I will cast them out, says the Lord of hosts.

Jonah 4:3

And now, Lord, I ask you to take my life from me. For it is better for me to die than to live."

Jonah 4:8

And when the sun had risen, the Lord ordered a hot and burning wind. And the sun beat down on the head of Jonah, and he burned. And he petitioned for his soul that he might die, and he said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

Numbers 11:15

But if it seems to you otherwise, I beg you to put me to death, and so may I find grace in your eyes, lest I be afflicted with such evils."

Revelation 9:6

And in those days, men will seek death and they will not find it. And they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.