Job 14:17
My transgression would be sealed up in a bag; 1 you would cover up my iniquity. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
In Context
16You would number and care for my footsteps; 1 you would not keep track of my sin. 1
18But even mountains fall and come to nothing; 1 even rocks are moved out of their place; 1
Cross References
Job 9:20Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; 1 and though I am blameless, my words would prove me to be guilty. 1
Job 21:19You say, 'God lays up one's guilt for his children to pay.' 1 Let him pay it himself, so that he might know his guilt. 1
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 →