Job 3:21

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

Cross-reference

Job 36:20 Contrast

Job 36:20 warns against longing for the night (death), directly addressing the attitude Job expresses in 3:21.

Numbers 11:15 records Moses asking God to kill him — a direct parallel to Job's longing for death in 3:21.

Revelation 9:6 directly echoes Job: people seek death and cannot find it — an end-times fulfillment of this curse.

1 Kings 19:4 shows Elijah similarly longing for death under a broom tree, echoing Job's desperate wish for life to end.

Jonah 4:3 Parallel

Jonah 4:3 has Jonah asking God to take his life, sharing Job's 'better to die than live' sentiment in deep distress.

Proverbs 2:4 uses the same 'hidden treasures' metaphor for seeking wisdom — opposite to Job's desperate search for death.

Jonah 4:8 Parallel

Jonah 4:8 repeats the death wish under scorching heat, paralleling Job's longing for death amid physical suffering.