Job 10 · Verse 14

Job 10:14

If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Job 10:14, King James Version

Job 10:14 in other translations

BSBIf I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
WEBif I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity.
ASVIf I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
YLTIf I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,
DARBYIf I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.
BBEThat, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:
WebsterIf I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from my iniquity.

What does Job 10:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 10:14-15
14-15. Job is perplexed because God "marks" every sin of his with such ceaseless rigor. Whether "wicked" (godless and a hypocrite) or "righteous" (comparatively sincere), God condemns and punishes alike.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 If I sin - From thee nothing can be hidden; if I sin, thou takest account of the transgression, and canst not hold me for innocent when thou knowest I am guilty.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 10:14-22
Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigour. His gloom, unbelief, and hard thoughts of God, were as much to be ascribed to Satan's inward temptations, and his anguish of soul, under the sense of God's displeasure, as to his outward trials, and remaining depravity. Our Creator, become in Christ our Redeemer also, will not destroy the work of his hands in any humble believer; but will renew him unto holiness, that he may enjoy eternal life. If anguish on earth renders the grave a desirable refuge, what will be their condition who are condemned to the blackness of darkness for ever? Let every sinner seek deliverance from that dreadful state, and every believer be thankful to Jesus, who delivereth from the wrath to come.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 10:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִם\־'im-ifH518
חָטָ֥אתִיcha.Ta.tiI sinnedH2398
וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִיu.she.mar.Ta.niand you will watch meH8104
וּ֝מֵעֲוֹנִ֗יu.me.'a.vo.Niand from iniquity myH5771
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תְנַקֵּֽנִי\׃te.na.Ke.niyou will acquit meH5352

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 10:14

  • Job 7:21

    And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  • Psalms 130:3

    If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

  • Exodus 34:7

    Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

  • Job 13:26-27

    For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

  • Numbers 14:18

    The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

  • Psalms 139:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

  • Job 9:28

    I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

  • Job 14:16

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
then.
13:26,27; 14:16; Ps 130:3; 139:1
thou wilt.
7:21; Ex 34:7; Nu 14:18

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Context

  • Job 10:13

    And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.

  • Job 10:14

    If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

  • Job 10:15

    If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

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Job 10:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Si pequé, tú me has observado, y no me limpias de mi iniquidad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Si j’ai péché, tu m’as aussi observé, et tu ne me tiendras pas pour innocent de mon iniquité.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn ich sündigte, so würdest du mich beobachten, und von meiner Missetat mich nicht freisprechen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Si peccavi, et ad horam pepercisti mihi, cur ab iniquitate mea mundum me esse non pateris?