Job 3:22

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which rejoice exceedingly - Hebrew “Who rejoice upon joy or exultation” ( אל־גיל 'el - gı̂yl ), that is, with exceedingly great joy. When th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Why does God continue life to the wretch who longs for death? Job's words again rise to a passionate intensity. The vision of the peacefulness of dea...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

grave . sepulchre. Hebrew. keber. See App-35.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? Which rejoice exceedingly - Literally, They rejoice with joy, and exult when...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job Curses his Day Job curses the day of his birth. He asks why he did not die at birth: why should his wretched life be prolonged? We are now co...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

There may be a connexion of thought here with the 'hid treasures' of Job 3:21 . The idea is perhaps that of violating an ancient tomb. The entrance...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

VI. THE CRY FROM THE DEPTH Job 3:1-26 Job SPEAKS WHILE the friends of Job sat beside him that dreary week of silence, each of them was medita...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Is Life Worth Living? Job 3:1-26 In the closing paragraphs of the previous chapter three friends arrive. Teman is Edom; for Shuah see Genesis...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Silent sympathy always creates an opportunity for grief to express itself. Job's outcry was undoubtedly an answer to their sympathy. So far, it was g...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(20) В¶ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; (21) Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig fo...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Which rejoice exceedingly ,.... Or, "which joy till they do skip again", as Mr. Broughton renders it, and to the same purport others d; are so elate...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Which rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad, when they can find the grave? Ver. 22. Which rejoice exceedingly ] Joy till they skip again, so Brought...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Which rejoice exceedingly, when they can find the grave To be thus impatient of life, for the sake of the trouble we meet with, is not only unnatur...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOB'S BITTER COMPLAINT (vv.1-26) Though Job would not dare to curse God for his trouble, yet it seems that the presence of his friends only caus...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Job 3:5 . “ Let the blackness of the day terrify it .” Margin, “ Let them terrify it as those who have a bitter day ” The expression כִּמרִ...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 3:1 . After this opened Job his mouth. The Masoretic Jews, as well as our modern divines, seem agreed that Job now began the drama, and spak...
The Biblical Illustrator

After this opened Job his month, and cursed his day. The peril of impulsive speech In regard to this chapter, containing the first speech of Jo...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The "Historical Introduction" ended, we come upon a long colloquy, in which the several dramatis personae speak for themselves, the...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Longs for Death
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

which rejoice exceedingly, in an excess of jubilation, and are glad when they can find the grave? It is a cry of extreme anguish which longs for de...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 1:10 ; Genesis 23:4 ; Hosea 9:1 ; Isaiah 16:10 ; Jeremiah 48:33 ; Job 10:19 ; Job 17:1 ; Job 21:32 ; Job 5:26 ; Joel 1:16 ; Proverb...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job's Sorrows and Sighs Job 2:9-13 ; Job 3:1-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In this study we will consider the verses which lie in the second chapter...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Glad, &c. — To be thus impatient of life, for the sake of the trouble we meet with, is not only unnatural in itself, but ungrateful to the give...

²² Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

Related Commentaries of Job 3:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 3:22