Job 14:17
“My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
My transgression is sealed up in a bag,.... Denoting either the concealment of it, as in Hos 13:12; not from God; nor in…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
My transgression is sealed up - The verb rendered sealed up (חתם châtham) means to seal, to close, to shut up; see the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 14:16-22
Job here returns to his complaints; and, though he is not without hope of future bliss, he finds it very hard to get…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Figures expressing the carefulness with which God treasures up a man's sins lest any of them should be lost, in order to…