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11 As water disappears from the sea,
    or water evaporates from a river,
12 so also a person[a] lies down and does not get up;
    they won’t awaken until the heavens are no more,
        nor will they arise from their sleep.”

There is Life after Death

13 “Won’t you keep me safe in the afterlife?[b]
    Conceal me until your anger subsides.
Set an appointment for me,
    then remember me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:12 Lit. man
  2. Job 14:13 Lit. in Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead