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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 wise find it, and shall desire to die, and death fleeth 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 went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree, and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers. (1 Kings 19:4)
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Jonah 4:3,8• 3Therefore now, O 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 did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to 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 wise find it, and shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them. (Rev. 9:6)
dig.
Prov. 2:4• 4If thou seek her as silver{HR}And search for her as for hid 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;

W. Kelly Translation

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Who long for death, and it [is] not,{HR}And dig for it more than for hid treasure;