Job 14:13

Death and loss Hope Prayer Waiting on God

¹¹ As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

¹² So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

¹⁴ If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

¹⁵ Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
KJV: O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
WEB: “Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!
ASV: Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
DARBY: Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me,
BLB: Who will give [that] You would hide me in Sheol, [that] You would hide me until the turning back of Your anger, [that] You would set for me a limit, and then remember me!

ÅB: Å om du ville gjemme meg i dødsriket og skjule meg der til din vrede var over - om du ville sette meg et tidsmål og så komme meg i hu!
OTB: “Å, at Du ville skjule meg i Sheol,
At Du ville skjule meg til Din vrede avtar,
At Du ville sette en tid for meg og huske meg!
B1930: Å om du vilde gjemme mig i dødsriket og skjule mig der til din vrede var over - om du vilde sette mig et tidsmål og så komme mig i hu!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 57:1–2
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
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Isaiah 26:20–21
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
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Mark 13:32
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
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Job 3:17–19
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
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Isaiah 12:1
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
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Psalms 106:4
Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
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Genesis 8:1
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
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Acts 17:31
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
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