Job 14:13

O that You would conceal me in Sheol, || Hide me until the turning of Your anger, || Set a limit for me, and remember me.

Literal Standard Version

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

12And man has lain down, and does not rise, || Until the wearing out of the heavens they do not awaken, || Nor are roused from their sleep.

14If a man dies—does he revive? All [the] days of my warfare I wait, until my change comes.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:23And YHWH has passed on to strike the Egyptians, and has seen the blood on the lintel, and on the two doorposts, and YHWH has passed over the opening, and does not permit the destruction to come into your houses to strike.

Psalms 106:4Remember me, O YHWH, || With the favor of Your people, || Look after me in Your salvation.

Isaiah 26:20Come, My people, enter into your inner chambers, || And shut your doors behind you, || Hide yourself shortly [for] a moment until the indignation passes over.

Mark 13:32And concerning that day and the hour no one has known—not even the messengers who are in Heaven, not even the Son—except the Father.

Acts 1:7And He said to them, “It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father appointed in 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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