But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Job 3:21 - Revised Version 1885 Which long for death, but it cometh not; And dig for it more than for hid treasures; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Which long for death, but it cometh not; And dig for it more than for hid treasures; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who long and wait for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures, American Standard Version (1901) Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures; Common English Bible those waiting in vain for death, who search for it more than for treasure, Catholic Public Domain Version who expect death, and it does not arrive, like those who dig for treasure Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure: |
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee, And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
Which rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for.
Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive;
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them.