Job 3:21-26

21 a los que ansían la muerte, pero no llega, y cavan por ella más que por tesoros;

22 que se alegran sobremanera, y se regocijan cuando encuentran el sepulcro?

23 ¿Por qué dar luz al hombre cuyo camino está escondido, y a quien Dios ha cercado?

24 Porque al ver mi alimento salen mis gemidos, y mis clamores se derraman como agua.

25 Pues lo que temo viene sobre mí, y lo que me aterroriza me sucede.

26 No tengo reposo ni estoy tranquilo, no descanso, sino que me viene turbación.

Job 3:21-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 3

In this chapter we have an account of Job's cursing the day of his birth, and the night of his conception; Job 3:1-3; first the day, to which he wishes the most extreme darkness, Job 3:4,5; then the night, to which he wishes the same and that it might be destitute of all joy, and be cursed by others as well as by himself, Job 3:6-9; The reasons follow, because it did not prevent his coming into the world, and because he died not on it, Job 3:10-12; which would, as he judged, have been an happiness to him; and this he illustrates by the still and quiet state of the dead, the company they are with, and their freedom from all trouble, oppression, and bondage, Job 3:13-19; but however, since it was otherwise with him, he desires his life might not be prolonged, and expostulates about the continuance of it, Job 3:20-23; and this by reason of his present troubles, which were many and great, and came upon him as he feared they would, and which had made him uneasy in his prosperity, Job 3:24-26.