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Job Wishes He Might Die

20 “Why does he[a] give light to one in misery
and life to those bitter of soul,
21 who wait for death, but[b] it does not come,[c]
and search[d] for it more than for treasures,
22 who rejoice exceedingly,[e]
and they are glad when they find the grave?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:20 Most likely God
  2. Job 3:21 Hebrew “and”
  3. Job 3:21 Literally “it is not”
  4. Job 3:21 Or “dig”
  5. Job 3:22 Literally “unto rejoicing”