21 Which long for death, and if it come not, they would even search it more than treasures:

22 Which joy for gladness, and rejoice, when they can find the grave.

23 Why is the light given to the man whose way is [a]hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:23 That seeth not how to come out of his miseries, because he dependeth not on God’s providence.

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)
23 Why is life given to a man
    whose way is hidden,(D)
    whom God has hedged in?(E)

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