Job 14:11-13
New Catholic Bible
11 As occurs when the waters of a lake recede
or a river ceases to flow and runs dry,
12 so men lie down and never rise again;
until the heavens cease to exist, they will not awaken
or be stirred out of their slumber.
Hide Me in the Netherworld[a]
13 “How I wish you would hide me in the netherworld
and shelter me until your wrath has subsided
while designating a time to call me to mind.
Footnotes
- Job 14:13 An astounding proposition is put forth: Job desires to descend to the netherworld as in a provisional hiding place or refuge (Ps 139:7-12; Isa 26:20) to escape the divine wrath and wait there for the Lord to remember the creature [he has] made and grant him forgiveness. Job dreams of immortality and suffers because he no longer enjoys the friendship of his God.
Job 14:11-13
English Standard Version
11 (A)As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
12 so a man lies down and rises not again;
till (B)the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be (C)roused out of his sleep.
13 Oh that you would (D)hide me in (E)Sheol,
that you would (F)conceal me (G)until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
