King James Version
Job 14:16 in the King James Version says “For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?” — study this verse from Job chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?”
Job 14:16 · KJV
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
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For now thou numberest”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“dost thou not watch”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“over my sin”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
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