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The Book of Job, Chapter 14, Verse 13

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So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
King James Version
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
American Standard Version
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
New English Translation
The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
World English Bible
"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!
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If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
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Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
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For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
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My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
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And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
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The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow [out] of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
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Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
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His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.
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But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
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Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,