Job 14:17
Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
In Context
16Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.
18A mountain falling cometh to nought, and a rock is removed out of its place.
Cross References
Job 9:20If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
Job 21:19God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.
Matthew Henry on Job 14:17-22
Complainings of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 19 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. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him… Read the whole commentary →