King James Version
Job 14:17 in the King James Version says “My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.” — study this verse from Job chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.”
Job 14:17 · KJV
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
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. washest: Heb. overflowest
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and thou sewest up”
H2950properly, to stick on as a patch; figuratively, to impute falsely
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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