Job 14:16

Job 14:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
• New International Version (NIV)Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For then you would number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin;
• New King James Version (NKJV)For now You number my steps, But do not watch over my sin.

Context of Job 14:16

14If a man dies, will he live again? I will wait all the days of my struggle Until my change and release will come. 15[Then] You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for [me] the work of Your hands. But now You number [each of] my steps; You do not observe nor take note of my sin. 17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover my wickedness [from Your view]. 18“But as a mountain, if it falls, crumbles into nothing, And as the rock is moved from its place,

Job 14:16 word by word

כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה צְעָדַ֣י תִּסְפּ֑וֹר לֹֽא־תִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹר עַל־חַטָּאתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For now thou numberestסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
• my stepsצַ֫עַדtsa‛ad · stepH6806
• dost thou not watchשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• over my sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403

Cross-references for Job 14:16

• Job 10:6That You seek my guilt And search for my sin?
• Job 13:27You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment] And [critically] observe all my paths; You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],
• Job 31:4Does not God see my ways And count all my steps?
• Job 33:11He puts my feet in the stocks [to hinder and humiliate me]; He [suspiciously] watches all my paths,’ [you say].
• Job 34:21“For God’s eyes are on the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps.
• Psalms 56:6They attack, they hide and lurk, They watch my steps, As they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.
• Psalms 139:1O Lord, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.
• Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord, And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings].
• Jeremiah 32:19great [are You] in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to reward or repay each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds;

Commentaries on Job 14:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16For now thou numberest my steps - עתה כי ki attah, Although thou, etc. Though thou, by thy conduct towards me, seemest bent on my utter destruction, yet thou delightest in mercy, and I shall be saved.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16For now thou numberest my steps - Thou dost make strict inquiry into all my conduct, that thou mayest mark my errors, and hold me bound to punishment. The sense is, that God treated him now with severity; and he besought him to have pity on him, and bring him to trial, and give him an opportunity to vindicate himself.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 16-22 Job's faith and hope spake, and grace appeared to revive; but depravity again prevailed. He represents God as carrying matters to extremity against him. The Lord must prevail against all who contend with him. God may send disease and pain, we may lose all comfort in those near and dear to us, every hope of earthly happiness may be destroyed, but God will receive the believer into realms of eternal happiness. But what a change awaits the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16count my steps: Here, Job refers to God's protective care rather than his surveillance (10:12; 13:27; 14:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Rather, "Yea, thou wilt number my steps, and wilt not (as now) jealously watch over my sin." Thenceforward, instead of severe watching for every sin of Job, God will guard him against every sin. number ... steps--that is, minutely attend to them, that they may not wander [Umbreit] (1Sa 2:9; Psa 37:23).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 14:16

• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Awake
• Born
• Change
• Clean
• Plow
• Raise
• Sew
• Stock
• Wait
• Waste

Commentaries on Job 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings