Job 14:16
The Present Condition
▼▼ The hope for life after death is supported now by a description of the severity with which God deals with people in this life.
16 “Surely now you count my steps; ▼ then you would not mark ▼
▼ Compare Ps 130:3–4, which says, “If you should mark iniquity O Lord, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, in order that you might be feared.”
my sin. ▼▼ The second colon of the verse can be contrasted with the first, the first being the present reality and the second the hope looked for in the future. This seems to fit the context well without making any changes at all.
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