1 Kings 19:4; Jonah 4:3; Jonah 4:8; Numbers 11:15; Proverbs 2:4; Revelation 9:6
Which long for death - Whose pain and anguish are so great that they would regard it as a privilege to die. Much as people dread death, and much...
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...
long . wait, or look for.
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which long for death - They look to it as the end of all their...
Which long for death— Who call aloud for death. Heath.
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
Which long for death, but it [cometh] not ,.... Who earnestly desire, wistly look out, wish for, and expect it, and with open mouth gape for it, as...
Which long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Ver. 21. Which long for death, but it cometh not ] The bitt...
Who long for death With eagerness and impatience, as the Hebrew means. Who calls aloud for death , as Heath translates it. Qui ægre expectant, in...
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...
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...
i.e. Desire and pray for it with as much earnestness as men dig for treasure. But it is observable that Job durst not lay violent hands upon himself,...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION The "Historical Introduction" ended, we come upon a long colloquy, in which the several dramatis personae speak for themselves, the...
Job Longs for Death
which long for death, but it cometh not, and dig for it, with frantic desire, more than for hid treasures,
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...
Dig — Desire with as much earnestness as men dig for treasure: but it is observable, Job durst not do anything to hasten or procure his death: notw...
21 Which longe for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;