Job 14:14

"“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!"

Key Reflection

In Job 14:14, the prophet expresses a deep longing for divine protection, wishing to be hidden in Sheol until God’s wrath passes. This plea reflects Job's desire for safety and deliverance during his trials, trusting that God will ultimately remember and redeem him.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

If a man die, shall he live again? -This is a sudden transition in the thought. He had unconsciously worked himself up almost to the belief that man might live again even on the earth. He had asked to be hid somewhere - even in the grave - until the wrath of God should be overpast, and then that God would remember him, and bring him forth again to life. Here he checks himself. It cannot be, he says, that man will live again on the earth. The hope is visionary and vain, and I will endure what is appointed for me, until some change shall come. The question here “shall he live again?” is a strong form of expressing negation. He will not live again on the earth.

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