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If only you would set me a time and then remember me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns <i>to You,</i> That You would set a limit for me and remember me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Oh 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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Oh that Thou wouldst hide me in Sheol, That Thou wouldst conceal me until Thy wrath returns <i>to Thee,</i> That Thou wouldst set a limit for me and remember me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Oh that You would conceal me in Sheol, That You would hide me until Your anger returns <i>to You</i>, That You would set a limit for me and remember me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“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]!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Please hide me, God, deep in the ground--and when you are angry no more, remember to rescue me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Won't you keep me safe in the afterlife? Conceal me until your anger subsides. Set an appointment for me, then remember me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"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! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“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! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />O that You would conceal me in Sheol, "" Hide me until the turning of Your anger, "" Set a limit for me, and remember me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> O that in Sheol Thou wouldest conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />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?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Oh, that you would hide me in Sheol, shelter me till your wrath is past, fix a time to remember me! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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!--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/14-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2173" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/14.htm">Job Laments the Finality of Death</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interjection) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">If only</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: yit·tên (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6845.htm" title="6845: taṣ·pi·nê·nî (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; to hide; by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically to protect, to lurk.">You would hide me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7585.htm" title="7585: biš·’ō·wl (Prep-b:: N-cs) -- Or shol; from sha'al; Hades or the world of the dead, including its accessories and inmates.">in Sheol</a> <a href="/hebrew/5641.htm" title="5641: tas·tî·rê·nî (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To hide, conceal. A primitive root; to hide, literally or figuratively.">and conceal me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pe·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">Your anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: šūḇ (V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">has passed!</a> <a href="/hebrew/7896.htm" title="7896: tā·šîṯ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To put, set. A primitive root; to place.">If only You would appoint</a> <a href="/hebrew/2706.htm" title="2706: ḥōq (N-ms) -- Something prescribed or owed, a statute. From chaqaq; an enactment; hence, an appointment.">a time</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">for me</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: wə·ṯiz·kə·rê·nî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">and then remember me!</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/27-5.htm">Psalm 27:5</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Isaiah 26:20</a></span><br />Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-20.htm">Psalm 31:20</a></span><br />You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Hosea 13:14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a></span><br />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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-51.htm">1 Corinthians 15:51-52</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12-13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a></span><br />And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Isaiah 25:8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-10.htm">Psalm 88:10-12</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Ezekiel 37:12-14</a></span><br />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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1-4</a></span><br />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. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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!</p><p class="hdg">hide me</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-17.htm">Job 3:17-19</a></b></br> There the wicked cease <i>from</i> troubling; and there the weary be at rest… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm">Isaiah 57:1,2</a></b></br> The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth <i>it</i> to heart: and merciful men <i>are</i> taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil <i>to come</i>… </p><p class="hdg">until</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/12-1.htm">Isaiah 12:1</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Isaiah 26:20,21</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="hdg">appoint me</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/13-32.htm">Mark 13:32</a></b></br> But of that day and <i>that</i> hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/1-7.htm">Acts 1:7</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/17-31.htm">Acts 17:31</a></b></br> Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by <i>that</i> man whom he hath ordained; <i>whereof</i> he hath given assurance unto all <i>men</i>, in that he hath raised him from the dead.</p><p class="hdg">remember</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1</a></b></br> And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that <i>was</i> with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-4.htm">Psalm 106:4</a></b></br> Remember me, O LORD, with the favour <i>that thou bearest unto</i> thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/23-42.htm">Luke 23:42</a></b></br> And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/10-17.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/job/9-19.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-8.htm">Conceal</a> <a href="/job/14-5.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/job/11-8.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/job/13-24.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/ezra/7-22.htm">Limit</a> <a href="/job/11-16.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/job/11-8.htm">Nether-World</a> <a href="/job/14-5.htm">Past</a> <a href="/job/11-10.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/job/11-16.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/job/7-10.htm">Returns</a> <a href="/job/12-19.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/job/13-10.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/job/11-8.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/job/14-6.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/12-24.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/job/11-8.htm">Underworld</a> <a href="/job/10-14.htm">Wouldest</a> <a href="/job/12-6.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/16-9.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/job/17-12.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/job/27-11.htm">Conceal</a> <a href="/job/23-13.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/job/17-1.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/job/20-12.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/job/15-8.htm">Limit</a> <a href="/job/18-17.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/job/17-13.htm">Nether-World</a> <a href="/job/16-22.htm">Past</a> <a href="/job/20-3.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/job/21-6.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/job/20-18.htm">Returns</a> <a href="/job/14-17.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/job/15-8.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/job/17-13.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/job/14-14.htm">Time</a> <a href="/job/15-13.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/job/17-13.htm">Underworld</a> <a href="/job/14-15.htm">Wouldest</a> <a href="/job/16-9.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Job 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-1.htm">Job entreats God for favor, by the shortness of life, and certainty of death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-7.htm">He waits for his change</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/14-16.htm">By sin the creature is subject to corruption</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Hebrew thought, Sheol was a shadowy place where the dead resided, not necessarily a place of punishment but a state of existence apart from the living. Job's plea reflects his deep suffering and desire for relief, even if it means temporary death. This longing for concealment in Sheol highlights the intensity of his anguish and his hope for eventual vindication. The concept of Sheol is also seen in other Old Testament passages, such as <a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a> and <a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Isaiah 14:9</a>, where it is depicted as a place of waiting.<p><b>and conceal me until Your anger has passed!</b><br>Job wishes for concealment until God's anger subsides, indicating his belief that his suffering is a result of divine displeasure. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of divine retribution, where suffering was often seen as a consequence of divine wrath. Job's request for concealment suggests a hope for reconciliation and restoration once God's anger has abated. This theme of divine anger and subsequent restoration is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/54-7.htm">Isaiah 54:7-8</a>, where God promises to gather His people after a period of anger.<p><b>If only You would appoint a time for me</b><br>Here, Job expresses a desire for God to set a specific time for his restoration. This reflects a belief in God's sovereignty and control over time and events. Job's request for an appointed time indicates his hope for a future resolution to his suffering. The idea of God appointing times and seasons is a recurring theme in the Bible, as seen in <a href="/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:1</a>, which speaks of a time for every purpose under heaven.<p><b>and then remember me!</b><br>Job's plea for God to remember him signifies a hope for divine intervention and restoration. In biblical terms, for God to "remember" someone often implies action on their behalf, as seen in <a href="/genesis/8.htm">Genesis 8:1</a>, where God remembers Noah and acts to end the flood. Job's request for remembrance is a cry for God to act in mercy and restore him to a state of favor. This longing for divine remembrance is a common theme in the Psalms, where the psalmists often ask God to remember them in their affliction.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering. In this verse, Job is expressing a deep longing for relief from his suffering and a hope for future restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sheol.htm">Sheol</a></b><br>In Hebrew thought, Sheol is the realm of the dead, a place of waiting. Job's mention of Sheol reflects his desire for a temporary escape from his suffering, not a final end.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_anger.htm">God's Anger</a></b><br>Job perceives his suffering as a result of God's anger or judgment. He longs for a time when this anger will pass, and he can be remembered by God in a favorable way.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_suffering.htm">The Reality of Suffering</a></b><br>Job's plea highlights the reality of human suffering and the natural desire for relief. Christians are encouraged to acknowledge their pain and bring it honestly before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_timing.htm">Hope in God's Timing</a></b><br>Job's request for God to "appoint a time" teaches believers to trust in God's perfect timing for deliverance and restoration, even when it seems delayed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_concept_of_sheol.htm">The Concept of Sheol</a></b><br>Understanding Sheol as a temporary state rather than a final destination can help Christians grasp the biblical view of life after death and the hope of resurrection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_remembrance.htm">God's Remembrance</a></b><br>Job's hope that God will remember him points to the assurance that God does not forget His people. Believers can find comfort in knowing that God is mindful of their struggles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_through_trials.htm">Endurance Through Trials</a></b><br>Job's perseverance encourages Christians to endure through trials, holding onto faith and hope in God's ultimate justice and mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_god.htm">What are the defining attributes of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_14_14_doubt_resurrection.htm">Does Job 14:14’s question “If someone dies, will they live again?” indicate uncertainty about resurrection, challenging other parts of the Bible that teach it? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/job_21_13__evidence_rich_die_at_ease.htm">In Job 21:13, what evidence exists (historically or archaeologically) that would suggest the rich die at ease without facing retribution?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_satan_bound_for_1000_years.htm">(Revelation 20:1-3) How can Satan be literally bound for a thousand years and then released if he is not a physical being?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave!</span> literally, in <span class="accented">Sheol</span> which here does not so much mean "the grave," as the place of departed spirits, described in <a href="/job/10-21.htm">Job 10:21, 22</a>. 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 <span class="accented">alive</span> and there remain, while his punishment continued, hidden from the eyes of men. <span class="cmt_word">That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past.</span> Job assumes that, if he is being punished for his youthful sins (<a href="/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26</a>), his punishment will not be for long - at any rate, not for ever; God's anger will at last be satisfied and cease. <span class="cmt_word">That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!</span> 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/14-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If only</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You would hide</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּצְפִּנֵ֗נִי</span> <span class="translit">(taṣ·pi·nê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6845.htm">Strong's 6845: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, to hoard, reserve, to deny, to protect, to lurk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me in Sheol</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּשְׁא֬וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(biš·’ō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7585.htm">Strong's 7585: </a> </span><span class="str2">Underworld (place to which people descend at death)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and conceal me</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי</span> <span class="translit">(tas·tî·rê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5641.htm">Strong's 5641: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, conceal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your anger</span><br /><span class="heb">אַפֶּ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ap·pe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">passes.</span><br /><span class="heb">שׁ֣וּב</span> <span class="translit">(šūḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">If only You would appoint</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּ֤שִׁ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(tā·šîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7896.htm">Strong's 7896: </a> </span><span class="str2">To put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a time for me</span><br /><span class="heb">חֹ֣ק</span> <span class="translit">(ḥōq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2706.htm">Strong's 2706: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed or owed, a statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and then remember me.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯiz·kə·rê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/14-13.htm">OT Poetry: Job 14:13 Oh that you would hide me (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/14-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 14:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 14:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/14-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 14:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 14:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>