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The Book of Job, Chapter 3, Verse 22

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Which long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
King James Version
Which rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad, when they can find the grave?
American Standard Version
Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
New English Translation
who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they find the grave?
World English Bible
who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
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[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
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For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
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For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
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I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
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[If] we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
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Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
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Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
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But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
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[Is] not [this] thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?