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Job 14:16 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œFor now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?”

Job 14:16

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

14

If a man die, shall he live {again}? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

15

Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

16

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

17

My transgression {is} sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

18

And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. {cometh...: Heb. fadeth}

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