Job 14:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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!”

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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!”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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!”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 14:13 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 8:1But 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.
  2. Exodus 12:23When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
  3. Job 3:17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
  4. Psalms 106:4Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
  5. Isaiah 12:1In 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.
  6. Isaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
  7. Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
  8. Mark 13:32No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
  9. Luke 23:42Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
  10. Acts 1:7Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
  11. Acts 17:31For 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.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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