Job 3:21

New English Translation

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

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the Lord to take his life: “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.”

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

Job 3:22

who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they find the grave?

Job 6:8

“Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!

Job 6:9

And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.

Job 7:15

so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

Ecclesiastes 4:2

So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.

Jeremiah 8:3

However, I will leave some of these wicked people alive and banish them to other places. But wherever these people who survive may go, they will wish they had died rather than lived,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Jonah 4:3

So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said, “I would rather die than live!”

Numbers 11:15

But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.”

Revelation 9:6

In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.