11 As (A)water [a]evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
12 So (B)a man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens no longer exist,
[b]He will not awake nor be woken from [c]his sleep.

13 “Oh that You would hide me in [d]Sheol,
That You would conceal me (C)until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

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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 netherworld

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