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Forכִּיnowעַתָּהyou would countתִּסְפּוֹרmy steps;צְעָדַיyou would notלֹאkeep watchתִשְׁמוֹרoverעַלmy sin.חַטָּאתִי
Job 14:16
Study it in the app“For now you would count my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 14:16, word by word
- you would countתִּסְפּוֹרtispor
count
To number one by one in order to know how many there are.
Where else “tispor” appears- my stepsצְעָדַtseada
step
A step: each movement of the foot in walking.
Where else “tseada” appears- keep watchתִשְׁמוֹרtishmor
preserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “tishmor” appears- my sinחַטָּאתִchatati
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatati” appears
Translation note
It can be understood as part of the wish of verses 13-15 (“then you would count my steps, but you would not keep watch over my sin”) or as a complaint about what happens now (“now you count my steps; do you not keep watch over my sin?”).
The context
15You would call, and I would answer you; for the work of your hands you would long.
16 · This verse (above)
17Sealed up in a bag would be my transgression, and you would plaster over my iniquity.