Verse 21

Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

Referenced Verses

• Rev 9:6 : 6 In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They 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, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
• Jonah 4:8 : 8 It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."
• Num 11:15 : 15 If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me 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 Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."