Job 14:16
But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
In Context
15Thou dost call, and I — I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.
17Sealed up in a bag [is] my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Cross References
Job 10:14If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,
Job 31:4Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?
Job 34:21For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.
Psalms 139:1To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel, and mighty in act, in that Thine eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of Adam, to give to each 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 →