Job 14 · Verse 17

Job 14:17

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Job 14:17, King James Version

Job 14:17 in other translations

BSBMy transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
WEBMy disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.
ASVMy transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
YLTSealed up in a bag is my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
DARBYMy transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.
BBEMy wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.
WebsterMy transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up my iniquity.

What does Job 14:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. sealed up--(Job 9:7). Is shut up in eternal oblivion, that is, God thenceforth will think no more of my former sins. To cover sins is to completely forgive them (Psa 32:1; 85:2). Purses of money in the East are usually sealed. sewest up--rather, "coverest"; akin to an Arabic word, "to color over," to forget wholly.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag - An allusion to the custom of collecting evidence of state transgressions, sealing them up in a bag, and presenting them to the judges and officers of state to be examined, in order to trial and judgment. Just at this time (July, 1820) charges of state transgressions, sealed up in a Green Bag, and presented to the two houses of parliament, for the examination of a secret committee, are making a considerable noise in the land. Some suppose the allusion is to money sealed up in bags; which is common in the East. This includes two ideas: 1. Job's transgressions were all numbered; not one was passed by. 2. They were sealed up; so that none of them could be lost. These bags were indifferently sewed or sealed, the two words in the text.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 14:16-22

Job's faith and hope spake, and grace appeared to revive; but depravity again prevailed. He represents God as carrying matters to extremity against him. The Lord must prevail against all who contend with him. God may send disease and pain, we may lose all comfort in those near and dear to us, every hope of earthly happiness may be destroyed, but God will receive the believer into realms of eternal happiness. But…

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Job 14:17 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.

חָתֻ֣םcha.Tum[will be] sealed upH2856
בִּצְר֣וֹרbitz.Rorin a bagH6872
פִּשְׁעִ֑יpish.'Itransgression myH6588
וַ֝תִּטְפֹּ֗לva.tit.Poland you have smearedH2950
עַל\־'al-overH5921
עֲוֹנִֽי\׃'a.vo.Niiniquity myH5771

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

Cross references for Job 14:17

  • Deuteronomy 32:34

    Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

  • Hosea 13:12

    The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

  • Job 21:19

    God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sealed up.
21:19; De 32:34; Ho 13:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 14:16

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

  • Job 14:17

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

  • Job 14:18

    And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

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Job 14:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tienes sellada en saco mi prevaricación, y coacervas mi iniquidad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ma transgression est scellée dans un sac, et dans tes pensées tu ajoutes à mon iniquité.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Meine Übertretung ist versiegelt in einem Bündel, und du hast hinzugefügt zu meiner Missetat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Signasti quasi in sacculo delicta mea, sed curasti iniquitatem meam.