Job 14:17
Sealed up in a bag [is] my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
In Context
16But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.
18And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place.
Cross References
Job 9:20If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! — it declareth me perverse.
Job 21:19God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.
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 →