Bible Strands
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
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses God directly while lamenting the brevity and finality of human life in chapter 14. He voices a plea for temporary concealment during a period of divine judgment.
The words — The Hebrew יִתֵּן (yi.Ten) literally means "will he give" or "appoint," and תַּצְפִּנֵּנִי (tatz.pi.Ne./ni) means "you will hide me." Job pairs these verbs to request a divinely fixed interval of concealment.
The thread — The phrase "until Your anger has passed" parallels the command to hide until wrath passes in Isaiah 26:20. Job 14:14 immediately follows by asking if a dead man will live again, framing the concealment as a waiting period rather than a permanent termination.
Why it lands — The text states a wish for bounded judgment followed by divine remembrance before offering theological inference. It requires the reader to acknowledge human mortality while accepting that God alone controls the timing of concealment and restoration.
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The Hebrew words
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!
Cross-references
- 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.
- Isaiah 57:1 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.
- Mark 13:32 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
- Genesis 8:1 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.
- Job 3:17 There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
- Psalms 106:4 Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
- Isaiah 12:1 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.
- Luke 23:42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
- Acts 1:7 Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
- Acts 17:31 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.”