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Job 3

Job 3:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Which ξlong
chakah (Hebrew #2442)
properly, to adhere to; hence, to await
KJV usage: long, tarry, wait.
Pronounce: khaw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin to 2707 through the idea of piercing)
q for death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
, but it cometh not; and dig
chaphar (Hebrew #2658)
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
KJV usage: dig, paw, search out, seek.
Pronounce: khaw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
for it more than for hid treasures
matmown (Hebrew #4301)
or matmun {mat-moon'}; from 2934; a secret storehouse; hence, a secreted valuable (buried); generally money
KJV usage: hidden riches, (hid) treasure(-s).
Pronounce: mat-mone'
Origin: or matmon {mat-mone'}
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Rev. 9:6• 6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall in no way find it; and shall desire to die, and death flees from them. (Rev. 9:6)
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wait.

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Cross References

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long.
Heb. wait.
Num. 11:15• 15And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness. (Num. 11:15)
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1 Kings 19:4• 4And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers. (1 Kings 19:4)
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Jonah 4:3,8• 3And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
 8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, so that he fainted; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. (Jonah 4:3,8)
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Rev. 9:6• 6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall in no way find it; and shall desire to die, and death flees from them. (Rev. 9:6)
dig.
Prov. 2:4• 4if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures: (Prov. 2:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who long for death, and it cometh not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;