Job 14:16

For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

In Context

15At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.

17My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.

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Cross References

Job 10:14That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:

Job 31:4Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

Job 34:21For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

Psalms 139:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

Jeremiah 32:19Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

Matthew Henry on Job 14:8-16

Death Anticipated. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: 12 So man lieth down, and… Read the whole commentary →

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