Job 14:13
New International Version
“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!

New Living Translation
“I wish you would hide me in the grave and forget me there until your anger has passed. But mark your calendar to think of me again!

English Standard Version
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!

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!

King James Bible
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 King James Version
“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!

New American Standard Bible
“Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

NASB 1995
“Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

NASB 1977
“Oh that Thou wouldst hide me in Sheol, That Thou wouldst conceal me until Thy wrath returns to Thee, That Thou wouldst set a limit for me and remember me!

Legacy Standard Bible
“Oh that You would conceal me in Sheol, That You would hide me until Your anger returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

Amplified Bible
“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]!

Christian Standard Bible
If only you would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until your anger passes. If only you would appoint a time for me and then remember me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger passes. If only You would appoint a time for me and then 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!

Contemporary English Version
Please hide me, God, deep in the ground--and when you are angry no more, remember to rescue me.

English Revised 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!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
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.

Good News Translation
I wish you would hide me in the world of the dead; let me be hidden until your anger is over, and then set a time to remember me.

International Standard Version
"Won't you keep me safe in the afterlife? Conceal me until your anger subsides. Set an appointment for me, then remember me.

Majority 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!

NET Bible
"O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

New Heart 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave, that thou wouldst keep me secret, until thy wrath is past, that thou wouldst 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!
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
O that You would conceal me in Sheol, "" Hide me until the turning of Your anger, "" Set a limit for me, 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.

Smith's Literal Translation
Who will give thou wilt hide me in hades? wilt thou cover me till the turning away of thine anger? wilt thou set for me a limit, and wilt thou remember me?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who will grant me this, that thou mayest protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a. time when thou wilt remember me?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Who will grant this to me, that you will protect me in the underworld, and hide me until your fury passes by, and establish a time for me, in which you will remember me?

New American Bible
Oh, that you would hide me in Sheol, shelter me till your wrath is past, fix a time to remember me!

New Revised Standard Version
O that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
O that thou wouldst hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldst keep me in a secret place until thy wrath is spent, that thou wouldst appoint me a set time and remember me!

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
But The Maker who is in Sheol has hidden me and concealed me until your wrath had passed, but you set a resurrection for me and you remembered me
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, That Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, That Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!--

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Job Laments the Finality of Death
12so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep. 13If 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! 14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.…

Cross References
Psalm 27:5
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

Isaiah 26:20
Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

Psalm 31:20
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

1 Corinthians 15:51-52
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— / in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Romans 8:11
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

Revelation 20:12-13
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

Psalm 88:10-12
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah / Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? / Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

Ezekiel 37:12-14
Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. / Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. / I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”

John 5:28-29
Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

2 Corinthians 5:1-4
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. / For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, / because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. ...


Treasury of Scripture

O that you would hide me in the grave, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

hide me

Job 3:17-19
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest…

Isaiah 57:1,2
The 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

until

Isaiah 12:1
And 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.

Isaiah 26:20,21
Come, 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…

appoint me

Mark 13:32
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

Acts 1:7
And 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.

Acts 17:31
Because 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.

remember

Genesis 8:1
And 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;

Psalm 106:4
Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

Luke 23:42
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

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Job 14
1. Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death
7. He waits for his change
16. By sin the creature is subject to corruption














If only You would hide me
The phrase "If only You would hide me" reflects Job's deep yearning for divine intervention and protection. The Hebrew word for "hide" is "סָתַר" (satar), which conveys the idea of being concealed or sheltered. In the context of Job's suffering, this plea is not just for physical concealment but for a spiritual refuge from his overwhelming trials. Job desires a temporary reprieve from his afflictions, seeking solace in the hope that God might shield him from further pain.

in Sheol
"Sheol" is a term used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the realm of the dead, a shadowy place where the departed reside. It is not equivalent to the Christian concept of hell but rather a neutral place of waiting. Job's request to be hidden in Sheol indicates his wish for a pause in his suffering, a place where he can be free from earthly troubles until God's wrath subsides. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of the afterlife, where Sheol was seen as a temporary holding place rather than a final destination.

and conceal me until Your anger has passed!
The word "conceal" here is again derived from "סָתַר" (satar), emphasizing Job's desire for protection. The phrase "until Your anger has passed" acknowledges God's righteous indignation, which Job perceives as the cause of his suffering. Job's plea is rooted in the belief that God's anger is temporary and that there will be a time when His favor is restored. This reflects a deep faith in God's ultimate justice and mercy, even amidst severe trials.

If only You would appoint a time for me
The phrase "appoint a time" suggests a longing for divine order and timing. The Hebrew word "קָצַב" (qatsab) implies setting a limit or determining a period. Job is expressing a hope that God has a predetermined plan for his suffering, a specific duration after which relief will come. This reflects a trust in God's sovereignty and the belief that He is in control of all circumstances, even those that seem chaotic and unjust.

and then remember me!
To "remember" in Hebrew, "זָכַר" (zakar), is more than recalling; it implies taking action on behalf of someone. Job's plea for God to "remember" him is a request for divine intervention and restoration. It is a cry for God to act in accordance with His covenantal faithfulness. Job's faith is evident in his belief that God will not forget him but will ultimately bring about redemption and vindication. This reflects a profound trust in God's character and His promises to His people.

Verse 13. - Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave! literally, in Sheol which here does not so much mean "the grave," as the place of departed spirits, described in Job 10:21, 22. Job desires to have God's protection in that" land of darkness," and to be "hidden" there by him until his wrath be past. It has been generally supposed that he means after his death; but Schultens thinks his desire was to descend to Sheol alive and there remain, while his punishment continued, hidden from the eyes of men. That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past. Job assumes that, if he is being punished for his youthful sins (Job 13:26), his punishment will not be for long - at any rate, not for ever; God's anger will at last be satisfied and cease. That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! How long he may have to suffer be does not greatly care. Only let it be "a set time" - a fixed, definite period - and at the end of it, let God" remember" him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
If only
מִ֤י (mî)
Interjection
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

You would hide
תַּצְפִּנֵ֗נִי (taṣ·pi·nê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 6845: To hide, to hoard, reserve, to deny, to protect, to lurk

me in Sheol
בִּשְׁא֬וֹל (biš·’ō·wl)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular
Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

and conceal me
תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי (tas·tî·rê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

Your anger
אַפֶּ֑ךָ (’ap·pe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

passes.
שׁ֣וּב (šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

If only You would appoint
תָּ֤שִׁ֥ית (tā·šîṯ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7896: To put, set

a time for me
חֹ֣ק (ḥōq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute

and then remember me.
וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃ (wə·ṯiz·kə·rê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male


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