Job 14:16
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Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.

thou numberest

Job 10:6,14 That thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin? . . .

Job 13:27 Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet:

Job 31:4 Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?

Job 33:11 He hath put my feet in the stocks, he hath observed all my paths.

Job 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he considereth all their steps.

Psalm 56:6 They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

Psalm 139:1-4 Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: . . .

Proverbs 5:21 His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

Jeremiah 32:19 Great in counsel, and incomprehensible in thought: whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of Adam, to render unto every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his devices.

Context
Job Laments the Finality of Death
15Thou shalt call me, and I will answer thee: to the work of thy hands thou shalt reach out thy right hand. 16Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.17Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.…
Cross References
Job 10:6
That thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?

Job 31:4
Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?

Job 34:21
For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he considereth all their steps.

Psalm 139:1
Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

Psalm 139:3
Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.

Proverbs 5:21
His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

Lexicon
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

then
עַ֭תָּה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

You would count
תִּסְפּ֑וֹר (tis·pō·wr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5608: To count, recount, relate

my steps,
צְעָדַ֣י (ṣə·‘ā·ḏay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6806: A pace, regular step

but would not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

keep track
תִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹר (ṯiš·mō·wr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

my sin.
חַטָּאתִֽי׃ (ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender


Additional Translations
For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.For now you number my steps: do you not watch over my sin?

But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?

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

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

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

But now you number my steps. Don't you watch over my sin?

But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.
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