Job 14:13

I wish you would hide me in Sheol; conceal me there until your anger is gone. Set a definite time for me there, and remember me!

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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 human beings lie down and don't get up again. Until the heavens cease to exist they will not awake from their sleep.

14Will the dead live again? Then I would have hope through all my time of trouble until my release comes.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:23When the Lord passes through to punish the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. He will pass over the door, and he will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and kill you.

Psalms 106:4Please remember me when you are generous to your people; think of me when you come to save.

Isaiah 26:20My people, go inside your homes and close your doors behind you. Hide there for a little while until the fury has passed.

Mark 13:32No one knows the day or hour when this will happen—not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son; only the Father knows.

Acts 1:7“You don't need to know about the dates and times that are set by the Father's authority,” he told them.

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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