A moment in scripture
Job 3:21
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Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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The surrounding passage
- Job 3:19
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
- Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
- Job 3:22
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
- Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.