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Job Laments the Finality of Death

Job 14:15

In 11 translations

BSB
You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
KJV
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
WEB
You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire for the work of your hands.
ASV
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
LSV
You call, and I answer You; To the work of Your hands You have desire.
YLT
Thou dost call, and I — I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.
DBY
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
DRC
Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand.
GNV
Thou shalt call me, and I shall answere thee: thou louest the worke of thine own hands.
JPS
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands.
LXXE
Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.

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Original-language editions

WLC
תִּ֭קְרָא וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ תִכְסֹֽף׃
LXX-Br
Εἶτα καλέσεις, ἐγὼ δέ σοι ὑπακούσομαι, τὰ δὲ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου μὴ ἀποποιοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 138:8The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.
  • Job 13:22Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
  • Job 7:21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
  • 1 Peter 4:19So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
  • Job 10:8Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
  • Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
  • 1 John 2:28And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
  • Psalms 50:4–5He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people: “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

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