Job 3:21
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3:21to76 those who wait77 for death that78 does not come,
and search for it79
more than for hidden treasures,
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- 76 The verse simply begins with the participle in apposition to the expressions in the previous verse describing those who are bitter. The preposition is added from the context.
- 77 The verb is the Piel participle of חָכָה (khakhah, “to wait for” someone; Yahweh is the object in Isa 8:17; 64:3; Ps 33:20). Here death is the supreme hope of the miserable and the suffering.
- 78 The verse simply has the form אֵין (’en, “there is not”) with a pronominal suffix and a conjunction—“and there is not it” or “and it is not.” The and the add a verb to explain this form: “and obtain it not.”
- 79 The parallel verb is now a preterite with a vav (ו) consecutive; it therefore has the nuance of a characteristic perfect or gnomic perfect—the English present tense. The verb חָפַר (khafar) means “to dig; to excavate.” It may have the accusative of the thing that is being sought (Exod 7:24); but here it is followed by a comparative min (מִן). The verse therefore describes the sufferers who excavate or dig the ground to find death, more than others who seek for treasure.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
who long for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
to those who long for death that does not come,
who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
who wait for death, but it does not come,
and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
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NLTNew Living Translation
They long for death, and it won’t come.
They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
who wait for death, but it does not come,
and search for it more than for treasures,
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KJV 1900King James Version
Which long for death, but it cometh not;
And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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