Job 14:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.”

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BSBPD

“My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Sealed up in a bag <FI>is<Fi> my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 14:17 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:34“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
  2. Job 9:20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
  3. Job 9:31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
  4. Job 21:19It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
  5. Hosea 13:12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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