Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Which rejoice exceedingly - Hebrew "Who rejoice upon joy or exultation" ( ־ 'el - gı̂yl ), that is, with exceedingly great joy.
When they can find the grave - What an expression! How strikingly does it express the intense desire to die, and the depth of a man' s sorrow, when it becomes a matter of exultation for him to be permitted to lie down in the corruption and decay of the tomb! A somewhat similiar sentiment occurs in Euripides, as quoted by Cicero, Tusc. Quaest. Lib. 1, cap. 48:
Nam nos decebat, doman
Lugere, ubi esset aliquis in lucem editus,
Humanae vitae varia reputantes mala;
At qui labores morte finisset graves
Hunc omni amicos laude et Lactitia exsequi.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Job 3:22:
Job 3:23
Job 14:13
Psalms 39:4
Daniel 1:10
Hosea 9:1
Revelation 9:6
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