Job 14:13

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!

Berean Standard Bible

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 a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:23When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

Psalms 106:4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

Isaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

Mark 13:32No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Acts 1:7Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.

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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