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# to one who longs ... for hidden treasure
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This is the end of the question that Job begins asking with the words "Why is life given ... bitter in soul" (verse 20).
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# to one who longs for death without it coming
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Here death is spoken of as if it were an object coming toward someone. Alternate translation: "to a person who no longer wants to be alive, but is still alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# to one who digs for death more than for hidden treasure
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A person hoping to die is spoken of as if he were digging for buried treasure. Alternate translation: "to a person who wants to stop living more than he wants to look for hidden riches" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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