Job 14:16
For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
In Context
15Thou shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee,—For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long.
17Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.
Cross References
Job 10:14If I have sinned, then couldst thou watch me, and, from mine iniquity, thou wouldst not acquit me:
Job 31:4Would, he, not see my ways? and of all my steps, take account?
Job 34:21For, his eyes, are on the ways of a man, and, all his footsteps, he beholdeth,—
Psalms 139:1O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed:
Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel, and mighty in deed,—Whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give unto 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 →