Job 3:22

Job 3:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
• New International Version (NIV)who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave?
• English Standard Version (ESV)who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad when they can find the grave?

Context of Job 3:22

20“Oh, why give light to those in misery, and life to those who are bitter? 21They long for death, and it won’t come. They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure. They’re filled with joy when they finally die, and rejoice when they find the grave. 23Why is life given to those with no future, those God has surrounded with difficulties? 24I cannot eat for sighing; my groans pour out like water.

Job 3:22 word by word

הַשְּׂמֵחִ֥ים אֱלֵי־גִ֑יל יָ֝שִׂ֗ישׂוּ כִּ֣י יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Which rejoiceשָׂמֵחַώâmêach · gladH8056
• exceedinglyגִּילgîyl · rejoicingH1524
• are gladשׂוּשׂώûώ ώîyώ · to rejoiceH7797
• when they can findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• the graveקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913

Commentaries on Job 3:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Which rejoice exceedingly - Literally, They rejoice with joy, and exult when they find the grave. There is a various reading here in one of Kennicott's MSS., which gives a different sense. Instead of who rejoice, גיל אלי eley gil, with Joy, it has גל אלי eley gal, who rejoice at the Tomb, and exult when they find the grave.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Which rejoice exceedingly - Hebrew “Who rejoice upon joy or exultation” (אל־גיל 'el -gı̂yl ), that is, with exceedingly great joy. When they can find the grave - What an expression! How strikingly does it express the intense desire to die, and the depth of a man‘s sorrow, when it becomes a matter of exultation for him to be permitted to lie down in the corruption and decay of the tomb! A somewhat similiar sentiment occurs in Euripides, as quoted by…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-26Verses 20-26 Job was like a man who had lost his way, and had no prospect of escape, or hope of better times. But surely he was in an ill frame for death when so unwilling to live. Let it be our constant care to get ready for another world, and then leave it to God to order our removal thither as he thinks fit. Grace teaches us in the midst of life's greatest comforts, to be willing to die, and in the midst of its greatest crosses, to be willing to live…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-24Job's language shifts from wishing he was never born to grief. He goes from hating life towards an attraction for death. Job asks "why" seven times, as he has grief for his situation (3:11, 12, 16, 20, 23; see Psalms 10:1; 22:1; Jeremiah 20:18; Lamentations 5:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-2620. Wherefore giveth he light--namely, God; often omitted reverentially (Job 24:23; Ec 9:9). Light, that is, life. The joyful light ill suits the mourners. The grave is most in unison with their feelings.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 3:22

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency

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Commentaries on Job 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings