13 “For now I (A)would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

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10 “But (A)man dies and lies prostrate.
Man (B)expires, and where is he?
11 As (C)water [a]evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
12 So (D)man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
[b]He will not awake nor be aroused out of [c]his sleep.

13 “Oh that You would hide me in [d]Sheol,
That You would conceal me (E)until Your wrath 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 struggle I will wait
Until my change comes.
15 “You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for (F)the work of Your hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:11 Lit disappears
  2. Job 14:12 Lit They
  3. Job 14:12 Lit their
  4. Job 14:13 I.e. the nether world