21 Who [a](A)long for death, but there is none,
And dig for it more than for (B)hidden treasures;
22 Who are filled with jubilation,
And rejoice when they find the grave?

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  1. Job 3:21 Lit wait

21 to those who long for death that does not come,(A)
    who search for it more than for hidden treasure,(B)
22 who are filled with gladness
    and rejoice when they reach the grave?(C)

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15 So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my [a]pains.
16 I [b](A)waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, (B)for my days are only a breath.

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  1. Job 7:15 Lit bones
  2. Job 7:16 Or loathe

15 so that I prefer strangling and death,(A)
    rather than this body of mine.(B)
16 I despise my life;(C) I would not live forever.(D)
    Let me alone;(E) my days have no meaning.(F)

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So now, Lord, please (A)take my [a]life from me, for death is (B)better to me than life.”

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  1. Jonah 4:3 Lit soul

Now, Lord, take away my life,(A) for it is better for me to die(B) than to live.”(C)

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And in those days (A)people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death [a]will flee from them!

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  1. Revelation 9:6 Lit flees (intensive expression)

During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(A)

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