KJV 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!
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Job 14:13
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!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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!
WEB 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!
ASV 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!
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Job 14
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 riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13 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!
14 If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
מִ֤יH4310 · miwho?יִתֵּ֨ן׀H5414 · na.tanto give: giveבִּשְׁא֬וֹלH7585 · she.olhell: Sheolתַּצְפִּנֵ֗נִיH6845 · tsa.phanto treasureתַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִיH5641 · sa.tarto hideעַד־H5704 · adtillשׁ֣וּבH7725 · shuvto return: returnאַפֶּ֑ךָH639 · aphface: angerתָּ֤שִׁ֥יתH7896 · shitto set: makeלִ֖יH9030 · nimeחֹ֣קH2706 · choqstatute: decreeוְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃H2142 · za.kharto remember
Cross-references
Isaiah 26:20-21Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.Mark 13:32But of that day and [that] hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.Isaiah 57:1-2The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].Isaiah 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.Luke 23:42And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.Job 3:17-19There the wicked cease [from] troubling; and there the weary be at rest.Psalm 106:4Remember me, O LORD, with the favour [that thou bearest unto] thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;Acts 1:7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.Genesis 8:1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.
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