Job 14:16
But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
In Context
15Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands.
17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.
Cross References
Job 10:14If I sin, then Thou markest me, and Thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Job 31:4Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps?
Job 34:21For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He seeth all his goings.
Psalms 139:1For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me.
Jeremiah 32:19great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to 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 →