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? If I knew that, I would suffer patiently. I would wait until my troubles have finished. 15You would call me and I would answer you. You would want to see me again, because your own hands created me. You would watch me carefully, but you would not make a note of my sins. 17You would forgive me for my sins. You would hide them away. 18But mountains fall down and they break into pieces, Rocks fall down from their places.

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 10:6So why do you want to discover all my sins? Why do you hurry to do that?
• Job 13:27You tie my feet with chains. You watch me carefully wherever I go. You put marks on my feet.
• Job 31:4God sees all the things that I do. He carefully watches how I live my life.
• Job 33:11He has tied my feet with chains. He always watches me to see where I go.”
• Job 34:21He watches the way that each person lives. He sees what they do every day.
• Psalms 56:6They hide and they watch me. They watch me wherever I go, and they hope to kill me.
• Psalms 139:1Lord, you look deep inside me, and you know all about me.
• Proverbs 5:21The Lord sees everything that a person does. He knows every path that you go along.
• Jeremiah 32:19You have wise thoughts and you do great things. You see everything that people do. You see how they live. You give everyone what they deserve.

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