Job 14:15
13 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!
14 When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
- KJV
- Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
- WEB
- You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.
- ASV
- Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
- DARBY
- Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
- BLB
- You will call, and I will answer You; You will desire the work of Your hands.
- ÅB
- du skulle da rope, og jeg skulle svare deg; etter dine henders verk skulle du lenges.
- OTB
- Du vil kalle, og jeg vil svare Deg;
Du vil lengte etter Dine henders verk. - B1930
- du skulde da rope, og jeg skulde svare dig; efter dine henders verk skulde du lenges.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 13:22
Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
Read in contextPsalms 138:8
The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.
Read in contextJob 7:21
Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
Read in contextJob 10:3
Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
Read in contextJob 10:8
Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
Read in context1 Peter 4:19
So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
Read in context1 John 2:28
And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
Read in contextPsalms 50:4–5
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
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