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13 “Oh that You would conceal me in Sheol,
That You would hide me (A)until Your anger returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
14 If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my labor I will wait
Until my change comes.
15 You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for (B)the work of Your hands.
16 For now You (C)number my steps,
You do not (D)keep watch over my sin.
17 My transgression is (E)sealed up in a bag,
And You [a]cover up my iniquity.

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  1. Job 14:17 Lit smear, cf. Job 13:14

13 O that[a] you would conceal me in Sheol,
that you would hide me until your wrath is past,[b]
that you would appoint a set time for me and remember me.
14 If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my compulsory service I will wait,
until the coming of my relief.
15 You would call, and I myself[c] would answer you;
you would long for the work of your hand.
16 For then[d] you would count my steps,
but you would not keep watch over my sin.
17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag,
and you would cover over my guilt.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:13 Literally “Who shall give”
  2. Job 14:13 Literally “until the return of your nose”
  3. Job 14:15 Emphatic personal pronoun
  4. Job 14:16 Hebrew “now”