Key Verse Spotlight
Job 14:16 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βFor now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?β
Job 14:16
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
If a man die, shall he live {again}? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
My transgression {is} sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. {cometh...: Heb. fadeth}
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