Job 3:22

New International Reader's Version

Why is life given to those who are actually happy and glad when they reach the grave?

Cross References

Job 11:20

But sinful people won’t find what they are looking for. They won’t be able to escape. All they can hope for is to die.”

Job 21:33

The soil in the valley will be pleasant to those who have died. Many people will walk along behind their bodies. Many others will walk in front of them.

Job 3:21

Why is life given to those who long for death that doesn’t come? Why is it given to those who would rather search for death than for hidden treasure?

Job 3:23

Why is life given to a man like me? God hasn’t told me what will happen to me. He has surrounded me with nothing but trouble.

Job 6:10

Then I’d still have one thing to comfort me. It would be that I haven’t said no to the Holy One’s commands. That would give me joy in spite of my pain that never ends.

Job 6:8

“I wish I could have what I’m asking for! I wish God would give me what I’m hoping for!

Job 7:15

So I would rather choke to death. That would be better than living in this body of mine.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Then I announced that those who have already died are happier than those who are still alive.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But someone who hasn’t been born yet is better off than the dead or the living. That’s because that person hasn’t seen the evil things that are done on earth.

Jeremiah 8:3

Everyone left alive in this evil nation will want to die rather than live. That is what they will long for in the lands where I force them to go.” The Lord who rules over all announces this.