en_tn/job/03/21.md

# to one who longs ... for hidden treasure

This is the end of the question that Job begins asking with the words "Why is life given ... bitter in soul" (verse 20).

# to one who longs for death without it coming

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]])

# to one who digs for it more than for hidden treasure

A person hoping to die ("death") 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]])