Job 3:21

¹⁹ The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

²⁰ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

²² Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

²³ Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB: dem som venter på døden uten at den kommer, og som leter etter den ivrigere enn etter skjulte skatter,
OTB: til de som lengter etter døden, men den kommer ikke,
og graver etter den mer enn etter skjulte skatter,
B1930: dem som venter på døden uten at den kommer, og som leter efter den ivrigere enn efter skjulte skatter,

BSB: who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
KJV: Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
WEB: who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
ASV: Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
DARBY: Who long for death, and it [cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
BLB: those waiting for death and there is none, and those digging for it more than hidden treasures,

Revelation 9:6
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
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Proverbs 2:4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
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Numbers 11:15
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.
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Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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1 Kings 19:4
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.
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Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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