Job 14:13

“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!

World English 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 man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

14If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:23For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.

Psalms 106:4Remember me, LORD, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

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

Acts 1:7He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within 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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