Job 14:13 “If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has…”

Job 14:13

If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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!

World English Bible

“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!

American Standard Version

Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Geneva Bible 1599

Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, and keepe me secret, vntill thy wrath were past, and wouldest giue me terme, and remember me.

Darby Translation

Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, —

Young's Literal Translation

O that in Sheol Thou wouldest conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me.

Bible in Basic English

If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

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Cross references

“hide me”

Job 3:17–19 Isaiah 57:1 Isaiah 57:2

Job 3:17–19 · BSB

There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

Isaiah 57:1 · BSB

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.

Isaiah 57:2 · BSB

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.

“until”

Isaiah 12:1 Isaiah 26:20 Isaiah 26:21

Isaiah 12:1 · BSB

In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

Isaiah 26:20 · BSB

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

Isaiah 26:21 · BSB

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

“appoint me”

Mark 13:32 Acts 1:7 Acts 17:31

Mark 13:32 · BSB

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Acts 1:7 · BSB

Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.

Acts 17:31 · BSB

For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

“remember”

Genesis 8:1 Psalm 106:4 Luke 23:42

Genesis 8:1 · BSB

But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

Psalm 106:4 · BSB

Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

Luke 23:42 · BSB

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

Read Job 14