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Job 3:21

NETBible	to¹ those who wait² for death that³ does not come, and search for it⁴ more than for hidden treasures,
NIV © biblegateway Job 3:21	to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
NASB © biblegateway Job 3:21	Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
NLT © biblegateway Job 3:21	They long for death, and it won’t come. They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.
MSG © biblegateway Job 3:21	Those who want in the worst way to die, and can't, who can't imagine anything better than death,
BBE © SABDAweb Job 3:21	To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 3:21	who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
NKJV © biblegateway Job 3:21	Who long for death, but it does not come , And search for it more than hidden treasures;
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KJV	Which long <02442> (8764) for death <04194>_, but it [cometh] not; and dig <02658> (8799) for it more than for hid treasures <04301>_; {long: Heb. wait}
NASB © biblegateway Job 3:21	Who long <02442> for death <04194> , but there <0369> is none <0369> , And dig <02658> for it more <04480> than <04480> for hidden <04301> treasures <04301> ,
LXXM	oi <3739> R-NPM omeirontai {V-PMI-3P} tou <3588> T-GSM yanatou <2288> N-GSM kai <2532> CONJ ou <3364> ADV tugcanousin <5177> V-PAI-3P anorussontev {V-PAPNP} wsper <3746> ADV yhsaurouv <2344> N-APM
NET [draft] ITL	to those who wait <02442> for death <04194> that does not <0369> come, and search for <02658> it more than for hidden treasures <04301> ,
HEBREW	Mynwmjmm <04301> whrpxyw <02658> wnnyaw <0369> twml <04194> Mykxmh (3:21) <02442>

NETBible

to¹ those who wait² for death that³ does not come, and search for it⁴ more than for hidden treasures,

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

²tn 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.

³tn 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 LXX and the Vulgate add a verb to explain this form: “and obtain it not.”

⁴tn 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.

⁴sn 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.