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

11⌞As⌟ water drains out of a lake, or ⌞as⌟ a river dries up completely, 12so each person lies down and does not rise until the heavens cease to exist. He does not wake up. He is not awakened from his sleep. I wish you would hide me in Sheol and keep me hidden there until your anger cools. Set a specific time for me when you will remember me. 14“If a person dies, will he go on living? I will wait for my relief to come as long as my hard labor continues. 15You will call, and I will answer you. You will long for the person your hands have made.

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 the wicked stop their raging. There the weary are able to rest.
• Isaiah 57:1Righteous people die, and no one cares. Loyal people are taken away, and no one understands. Righteous people are spared when evil comes.
• Isaiah 12:1At that time you will say, “I will praise you, O Lord. Although you had been angry with me, you turned your anger away from me, and you comforted me.
• Isaiah 26:20My people, go to your rooms, and shut the doors behind you. Hide for a little while until his fury has ended.
• Mark 13:32“No one knows when that day or hour will come. Even the angels in heaven and the Son don’t know. Only the Father knows.
• Acts 1:7Jesus told them, “You don’t need to know about times or periods that the Father has determined by his own authority.
• Acts 17:31He has set a day when he is going to judge the world with justice, and he will use a man he has appointed to do this. God has given proof to everyone that he will do this by bringing that man back to life.”
• Genesis 8:1God remembered Noah and all the wild and domestic animals with him in the ship. So God made a wind blow over the earth, and the water started to go down.
• Psalms 106:4Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people. Come to help me with your salvation
• Luke 23:42Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you enter 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