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?
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For then you would guard my steps, instead of watching for my sins.

Context of Job 14:16

14If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come. 15You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made. Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin. 17My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin. 18“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a 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 must search out my faults and probe after my sin—
• Job 13:27You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the soles of my feet.
• Job 31:4Does he not see my ways and count my every step?
• Job 33:11He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’
• Job 34:21“His eyes are on the ways of mortals; he sees their every step.
• Psalms 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.
• Psalms 139:1You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.
• Proverbs 5:21For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths.
• Jeremiah 32:19great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind; you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds 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

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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