Job 14:17
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
In Context
16But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;
18And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;
Cross References
Job 9:20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
Job 21:19'God layeth up his iniquity for his children!' — let Him recompense it unto himself, that he may 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 →