Job 14:13

Job 14:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O 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!
• New International Version (NIV)“If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Oh, that You would hide me in the grave, That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Context of Job 14:13

11As water evaporates from the sea, And a river drains and dries up, 12So man lies down and does not rise [again]. Until the heavens are no longer, The dead will not awake nor be raised from their sleep. “Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]! 14If a man dies, will he live again? I will wait all the days of my struggle Until my change and release will come. 15[Then] You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for [me] the work of Your hands.

Job 14:13 word by word

מִ֤י יִתֵּ֨ן׀ בִּשְׁא֬וֹל תַּצְפִּנֵ֗נִי תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי עַד־שׁ֣וּב אַפֶּ֑ךָ תָּ֤שִׁ֥ית לִ֖י חֹ֣ק וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O thatנָתַןnâthan · to give: if only!H5414
• thou wouldest hideצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
• me in the graveשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• that thou wouldest keep me secretסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• until thy wrathאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• be pastשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• that thou wouldest appointשִׁיתshîyth · to set: appointH7896
• me a set timeחֹקchôq · statute: portionH2706
• and rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142

Cross-references for Job 14:13

• Job 3:17There [in death] the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.
• Isaiah 57:1The righteous man perishes [at the hand of evil], and no one takes it to heart; Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.
• Isaiah 12:1And on that day you will say, “I will give thanks to You, O Lord; For though You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, And You comfort me.
• Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter your chambers And shut your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until the [Lord’s] wrath is past.
• Mark 13:32But of that [exact] day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son [in His humanity], but the Father alone.
• Acts 1:7He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority.
• Acts 17:31because He has set a day when He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed and destined for that task, and He has provided credible proof to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
• Genesis 8:1And God remembered and thought kindly of Noah and every living thing and all the animals that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind blow over the land, and the waters receded.
• Psalms 106:4Remember me, O Lord, when You favor Your people. Visit me with Your salvation [when You rescue them],
• Luke 23:42And he was saying, “Jesus, [please] remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

Commentaries on Job 14:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave - Dreadful as death is to others, I shall esteem it a high privilege; it will be to me a covert from the wind and from the tempest of this affliction and distress. Keep me secret - Hide my soul with thyself, where my enemies cannot invade my repose; or, as the poet expresses it: - "My spirit hide with saints above, My body in the tomb." Job does not appear to have the same thing in view when he entreats God to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave; - compare the notes at Job 3:11 ff. Hebrew “in Sheol” - ב־שׁאול bı̂ -she'ôl Vulgate, “in inferno.” Septuagint ̓ ̔́ͅ en Hadē - “in Hades.” On the meaning of the word “Sheol,” see the notes at Isaiah 5:14. It does not mean here, I think, the grave. It means the region of departed spirits, the place of the dead, where he wished to be, until the tempest of the wrath of God should pass by. He wished to be shut up…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 Though a tree is cut down, yet, in a moist situation, shoots come forth, and grow up as a newly planted tree. But when man is cut off by death, he is for ever removed from his place in this world. The life of man may fitly be compared to the waters of a land flood, which spread far, but soon dry up. All Job's expressions here show his belief in the great doctrine of the resurrection. Job's friends proving miserable comforters, he pleases…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The grave is a permanent home (14:10–12, see 3:13–19; 7:6–10; 10:20–22). Job could not fulfill his request from 13:20–21 to hide temporarily in the grave.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Job wishes to be kept hidden in the grave until God's wrath against him shall have passed away. So while God's wrath is visiting the earth for the abounding apostasy which is to precede the second coming, God's people shall be hidden against the resurrection glory (Is 26:19-21). set time--a decreed time (Ac 1:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 14:13

• Dead (People)
• Death
• Hell
• Immortality
• Resurrection

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Commentaries on Job 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings