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!
Parallel translations
- WEB “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!
- BSB 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!
- NKJV “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!
- NASB ¶“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!
- NLT “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!
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Quick answer
Job wishes God would hide him safely until His wrath passed, then remember him. A flicker of hope appears amid despair.
Overview
Job longs for God to conceal him in Sheol until His anger is past and then to remember him at an appointed time. Remarkably, he imagines being kept and recalled, hinting at hope beyond death. This yearning to be remembered by God after the grave points toward the resurrection hope fulfilled in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 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.
- Isa 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.
- 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.
- Job 3:17–19There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
- Isa 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.
- Ps 106:4Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
- Gen 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 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.
- Luke 23:42And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
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