13 “If only you would hide me in the grave(A)
    and conceal me till your anger has passed!(B)
If only you would set me a time
    and then remember(C) me!(D)
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
    All the days of my hard service(E)
    I will wait for my renewal[a](F) to come.
15 You will call and I will answer you;(G)
    you will long for the creature your hands have made.(H)
16 Surely then you will count my steps(I)
    but not keep track of my sin.(J)
17 My offenses will be sealed(K) up in a bag;(L)
    you will cover over my sin.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:14 Or release

There is Life after Death

13 “Won’t you keep me safe in the afterlife?[a]
    Conceal me until your anger subsides.
Set an appointment for me,
    then remember me.
14 If a human being[b] dies, will he live again?
    I will endure the entire time of my assigned service,
        until I am changed.[c]
15 You’ll call and I’ll answer you;
    you’ll long for your creatures that your hands have made.[d]
16 Then you’ll certainly count every step I took,
    but you won’t keep an inventory of my sin.
17 My transgressions would be sealed up in a bag;
    you would cover over my sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:13 Lit. in Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead
  2. Job 14:14 Lit. strong man
  3. Job 14:14 Lit. until my change comes; i.e. change in bodily state at the resurrection; cf. 1 Cor 15:51
  4. Job 14:15 Lit. for the work of your hands