Job 14:17 | JFB | STEP | 17. sealed up-- ( ). 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 ( ; ). Purses of money in the East are usually sealed. sewest up-- rather, "coverest"; akin to an Arabic word, "to color over," to forget wholly.

‏ Job 14:17

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.