Job 14:13

If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Oh 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!

In Context

12So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

14If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:23For the Lord will go through the land, sending death on the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the two sides and the top of the door, the Lord will go over your door and will not let death come in for your destruction.

Psalms 106:4Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your people; O let your salvation come to me;

Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.

Mark 13:32But of that day or that hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father.

Acts 1:7And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.

Matthew Henry on Job 14:8-16

Death Anticipated. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and… Read the whole commentary →

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