God’s Word Translation
Job 10:14
14“ ‘If I sin, you watch me and will not free me from my guilt.
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 mercy. Your watchfulness has preserved my spirit. 13But in your heart you hid these things. I know this is what you did. “ ‘If I sin, you watch me and will not free me from my guilt. 15How terrible it will be for me if I’m guilty! Even if I’m righteous, I dare not lift up my head. I am filled with disgrace while I look on my misery. 16Like a proud, ferocious lion you hunt me down. You keep working your miracles against me.
Read all of Job 10Job 10:14 word by word
אִם־חָטָ֥אתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִי וּ֝מֵעֲוֹנִ֗י לֹ֣א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 10:14
- Job 13:26You write down bitter accusations against me. You make me suffer for the sins of my youth.
- Job 14:16Though now you count my steps, you will not keep ⌞a record of⌟ my sins.
- Psalms 130:3O Lord, who would be able to stand if you kept a record of sins?
- Psalms 139:1O Lord, you have examined me, and you know me.
- Job 7:21Why don’t you forgive my disobedience and take away my sin? Soon I’ll lie down in the dust. Then you will search for me, but I’ll be gone!”
- Exodus 34:7He continues to show his love to thousands of generations, forgiving wrongdoing, disobedience, and sin. He never lets the guilty go unpunished, punishing children and grandchildren for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation.”
- Numbers 14:18‘The Lord … patient, forever loving…. He forgives wrongdoing and disobedience…. He never lets the guilty go unpunished, punishing children … for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation….’
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
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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
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