Job 14:13

Oh, that you would hide me away in Sheol away from troubles, 1 and that you would keep me in private until your wrath is over, 1 that you would set me a fixed time to stay there and then call me to mind! 1

Unlocked Literal 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 people lie down and do not rise again. 1 Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake 1 nor be roused out of their sleep. 1

14If a man dies, will he live again? 1 If so, I would wish to wait all my weary time there 1 until my release should come. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 12:23For Yahweh will pass through to attack the Egyptians. When he sees the blood on the top of the doorframe and on the two doorposts, he will pass over your door and not permit the destroyer to come into your houses to attack you.

Psalms 106:4Call me to mind, Yahweh, when you show favor to your people; 1 help me when you save them. 1

Isaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter into your rooms and shut your doors behind you; 1 hide for a little while, until the indignation has passed by. 1

Mark 13:32But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

Acts 1:7He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father has determined 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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