Question

I need a simple way or pausing a few seconds before the next line of code is executed.

So I have:

$('.myClass').show();

//WAIT FOR 5 SECONDS HERE

$('.myClass').hide();

Answer 1

setTimeout:

$('.myClass').show();
window.setTimeout(function (){$('.myClass').hide(); }, 5000);

$(‘.myClass’).show().delay(5000).hide(); 

Only subsequent events in a queue are delayed; for example this will
not delay the no-arguments forms of .show() or .hide() which do not
use the effects queue.

docs

In order to use delay you have to use duration so it will use the queue:

$('.myClass').show().delay(5000).hide(0); 

JSFiddle DEMO

Thanks @am not i am! (again…)