 | 1853 - 158 pages
...detain them longer with us, yet the sense of what they enjoy in heaven must be a great mean* of abating our grief. Some, indeed, have so little comfort in...in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul ; which longfoi death and it eometh not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures ; which rejoice exceedingly,... | |
 | Scenes, L. M. - 1853 - 106 pages
...would please God to destroy me ; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off." (Job vi. 8, 9.) "Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery,...life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death but it cometh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, and are... | |
 | Robert Shittler - 1853 - 588 pages
...the oppressor. VOL. u. 19 The small and great are there ; and the servant is free from his master. 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul ; 21 Which "long for death, but it cmnclh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treasures ; 22 Which... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1853 - 690 pages
...through visions ; (1 5) so that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. Job. iii, 20. Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in sonl, (21) which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures, (22)... | |
 | August Tholuck - Apologetics - 1854 - 248 pages
...against the Highest, and contend with him ? With the patriarch Job I exclaimed, ' Wherefore is Jight given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul ; which long for death, but it cometh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treasures?' Job, iii. 20, 21. With David, I said,... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1854 - 442 pages
...age ; ii spares none because they are vigorous there; and the servant is free from hitf mastei. 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life young, or beautiful. This sentiment has probably been expressed in various forms in all languages,... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - Bibles - 1978 - 644 pages
...conceived. 11 Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; And dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22 Which rejoice... | |
 | Piero Boitani - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 326 pages
...physically destroyed. Like Job, and like the old men of the Apocalypse, he hopefully awaits Death: 261 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery,...life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not; And dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, And are glad,... | |
 | Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. 20 pˡ6(ˡ6 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22 Which rejoice... | |
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Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 
