Job 3:21

God's Word

to those who long for death but it never comes— though they dig for it more than for buried treasure?

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

Then he traveled through the wilderness for a day. He sat down under a broom plant and wanted to die. “I’ve had enough now, Lord,” he said. “Take my life! I’m no better than my ancestors.”

Job 11:20

But the wicked will lose their eyesight. Their escape route will be closed. Their only hope is to take their last breath.”

Job 3:22

They are ecstatic, delighted to find the grave.

Job 6:8

“How I wish that my prayer would be answered— that God would give me what I’m hoping for,

Job 6:9

that God would ⌞finally⌟ be willing to crush me, that he would reach out to cut me off.

Job 7:15

My throat would rather be choked. My body  would prefer death ⌞to these dreams⌟.

Proverbs 2:4

if you search for wisdom as if it were money and hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure,

Ecclesiastes 4:2

I congratulate the dead, who have already died, rather than the living, who still have to carry on.

Jeremiah 8:3

“Then the few who remain from these wicked people will want to die rather than live where I will scatter them,” declares the Lord of Armies.

Jonah 4:3

So now, Lord, take my life. I’d rather be dead than alive.”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God made a hot east wind blow. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he was about to faint. He wanted to die. So he said, “I’d rather be dead than alive.”

Numbers 11:15

If this is how you’re going to treat me, why don’t you just kill me? I can’t face this trouble anymore.”

Revelation 9:6

At that time people will look for death and never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.