Job 14:17
And thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
In Context
16But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?
18And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.
Cross References
Job 9:20For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.
Job 21:19Let his substance fail to supply his children: God shall recompense him, and he shall know it.
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 →