Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And dig for it more than for
King James Version
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Holman Bible
and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
International Standard Version
To those who are longing for death even though it does not come? To those who search for it more than for hidden treasure?
A Conservative Version
who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures,
American Standard Version
Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Amplified
Who wait for death, but it does not come,
And dig (search) for death more [diligently] than for hidden treasures,
Bible in Basic English
To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;
Darby Translation
Who long for death, and it cometh not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
Julia Smith Translation
Waiting for death, and it is not; and they will dig more than for hidden treasures;
King James 2000
Who long for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
Lexham Expanded Bible
who wait for death, but {it does not come}, and search [for] it more than [for] treasures,
Modern King James verseion
who is waiting for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for treasures?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Which long for death, if it come not;
NET Bible
to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,
New Heart English Bible
Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
The Emphasized Bible
Who long for death, and it is not, And have digged for it, beyond hid treasures:
Webster
Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
World English Bible
Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
Youngs Literal Translation
Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 3:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Wishes He Might Die
20
"Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
21
And dig for it more than for
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Cross References
Proverbs 2:4
if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
Revelation 9:6
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Numbers 11:15
If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness."
1 Kings 19:4
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."
Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live."
Jonah 4:8
When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."