Job 3:21
“Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Which long for death, but it cometh not,.... Who earnestly desire, wistly look out, wish for, and expect it, and with…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Which long for death - Whose pain and anguish are so great that they would regard it as a privilege to die. Much as…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 3:20-26
Job, finding it to no purpose to wish either that he had not been born or had died as soon as he was born, here…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Job 3:20-26
Why does God continue life to the wretched, who long for death?
The vision of the peacefulness of death passes away,…
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