Job 10:14

Job 10:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
• New International Version (NIV)If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If I sin, you watch me and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity.

Context of Job 10:14

12You gave me life and you loved me faithfully. You took care of me and you kept me safe. 13But now I know what you have been thinking. I have discovered your secret. You were watching me to see if I did wrong things. Then you would refuse to forgive me. 15If I am guilty of sin, that brings terrible trouble to me. But if I am righteous, I still feel ashamed. Whatever I do, I have nothing but shame and my life is full of trouble. 16If I try to be brave, you chase me like a hungry lion. You show your power to hurt me.

Job 10:14 word by word

אִם־חָטָ֥אתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִי וּ֝מֵעֲוֹנִ֗י לֹ֣א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If I sinחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• then thou markestשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• me, and thou wilt not acquitנָקָהnâqâh · to clearH5352
• me from mine iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771

Cross-references for Job 10:14

• Job 13:26You write down things to accuse me. You punish me for the sins I did when I was young.
• Job 14:16You would watch me carefully, but you would not make a note of my sins.
• Psalms 130:3Lord, if you should write down all our sins, nobody could stand as a righteous person.
• Psalms 139:1Lord, you look deep inside me, and you know all about me.
• Job 7:21You should agree to forgive my sins. You should say that I am not guilty. I will soon die and I will go into my grave. Then you will carefully look for me, but I will not be there.’
• Exodus 34:7I faithfully love thousands of people. I forgive their sins when they turn against me. But if people are guilty, I surely punish them. I punish their children, their grandchildren and their grandchildren's children.’
• Numbers 14:18“The Lord does not quickly become angry. His faithful love for his people continues for ever. He forgives people when they turn against him and they do bad things. But if someone is guilty, he surely punishes them. And he punishes their children, their grandchildren and their grandchildren's children.”

Commentaries on Job 10:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14If I sin - From thee nothing can be hidden; if I sin, thou takest account of the transgression, and canst not hold me for innocent when thou knowest I am guilty.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14If I sin - The object of this verse and the following is, evidently, to say that he was wholly perplexed. He did not know how to act. He could not understand the reason of the divine dealings, and he was wholly unable to explain them, and hence, he did not know how to act in a proper manner. It is expressive of a state of mind where the individual wishes to think and feel right, but where he finds so much to perplex him, that he does not know what to do…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-22Verses 14-22 Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigour. His gloom, unbelief, and hard thoughts of God, were as much to be ascribed to Satan's inward temptations, and his anguish of soul, under the sense of God's displeasure, as to his outward trials, and remaining depravity. Our Creator, become in Christ our Redeemer also, will not destroy the work of his hands in…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. Job is perplexed because God "marks" every sin of his with such ceaseless rigor. Whether "wicked" (godless and a hypocrite) or "righteous" (comparatively sincere), God condemns and punishes alike.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 10:14

• God
• Philosophy
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Comfort
• Darkness
• Grant
• Innocence; Innocency; Innocent

Commentaries on Job 10

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings