Job 14:16
For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
In Context
15You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
17My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
Cross References
Job 10:14If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
Job 31:4Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
Job 34:21For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
Psalms 139:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
Jeremiah 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
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 →