Job 14:16
But now thou numberest my steps; Thou watchest over my sins.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
In Context
15Thou wilt call, and I will answer thee; Thou wilt have compassion upon the work of thy hands!
17My transgression is sealed up in a bag; Yea, thou addest unto my iniquity.
Cross References
Job 10:14If I sin, then thou markest me, And wilt not acquit me of mine iniquity.
Job 31:4Doth He not see my ways, And number all my steps?
Job 34:21For his eyes are upon the ways of man; He seeth all his steps.
Psalms 139:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” O LORD! thou hast searched me and known me!
Jeremiah 32:19great in counsel and mighty in work; for thine 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 →