Job 3:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Who long for death, but it does not come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

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  • Rev 9:6 : 6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it, and will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
  • Prov 2:4 : 4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a scorching east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, so that he fainted and wished to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
  • Num 11:15 : 15 And if You deal thus with me, kill me, I pray You, out of hand, if I have found favor in Your sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 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 ancestors.

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