約伯記 3:21 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 3:20-26

Job, finding it to no purpose to wish either that he had not been born or had died as soon as he was born, here complains that his life was now continued and not cut off. When men are set on quarrelling there is no end of it; the corrupt heart will carry on the humour. Having cursed the day of his birth, here he courts the day of his death. The beginning of this strife and impatience is as the letting forth of water. I. He thinks it hard, in general, that miserable lives should be prolonged... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:21

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 a hungry man for his food, or as the fish for the bait, or the fishermen for the fish, as some F1 So Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. vid. Schultens in loc. observe the word may signify; but it comes not to their wish and expectation, or so soon as they would have it; the reason is, because the fixed time for it is not come, otherwise it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:21

Which long for death - They look to it as the end of all their miseries; and long more for a separation from life, than those who love gold do for a rich mine. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

The eloquence of grief. This book, so entirely true to nature, presents here one of the darkest moods of the grief-stricken heart. The first state is that of paralyzed silence, dumbness, inertia. Were this to continue, death must ensue. Stagnation will be fatal. The currents of thought and feeling must in some way be set flowing in their accustomed channels, as in the beautiful little poem of Tennyson on the mother suddenly bereaved of her warrior-lord- "All her maidens, wondering, said, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The stricken patriarch's lament: 3. Desiring his death. I. DOLEFUL LAMENTATION . Job pitifully wails forth that his soul was in bitterness because of: 1 . The miseries of life. Which he depicts as: 2 . The perplexities of providence. To these he alludes when he describes himself as a man "whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in" (verse 23). The term "way" is often put for course of life ( Psalms 1:6 ; Proverbs 4:19 ; Isaiah 26:7 ; Jeremiah 10:23 ); and a man's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The unanswered question. From the lips of Job words escape which prove how deeply he suffered. "Why?" is ever on the lips of men when they consider God's hidden work. But he giveth none account of his ways. Clouds and darkness are round about him. Happy the man who at all times is persuaded that justice and judgment are the habitation of his throne. The question here proposed by Job is the unanswered question running through the whole book. Until all is accomplished, the design of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:21

Which long for death , but it cometh not; literally, which wait for death ' anxiously and longingly (comp. Psalms 33:20 ). And dig for it more than for hid treasures ; i.e. "seek it more earnestly than even they seek who dig for hid treasures." As Professor Lee remarks, "From the great instability of all Eastern governments, treasures were in Eastern countries often hid away". And hence treasure-seeking became a profession, which was pursued with avidity by a large number of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:21

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 as they have occasion to dread what is beyond, yet there is no doubt that this often occurs. Pain becomes so intense, and suffering is so protracted, that they would regard it as a privilege to be permitted to die. Yet that sorrow “must” be intense which prompts to this wish, and usually must be long continued. In ordinary cases such is the love of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:21

Job 3:21. Who long for death With eagerness and impatience, as the Hebrew means. Who calls aloud for death, as Heath translates it. Qui ægre expectant, inhiant morti, who anxiously long and gasp for death; but it cometh not They long and gasp in vain. And dig for it more than for hid treasures Whose thoughts and wishes are so intent on their dissolution, that they expect it with as much earnestness as miners look for their golden treasures, who, being indefatigable in their pursuit,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 3:20-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:21

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