Job 14:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 14:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 14:16 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 14:16 — KJV
“For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?”
— Job 14:16 (KJV)
Job 14:16 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 14:16
“Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.”
Shares key themes with Job 14:16: now, over, sin
“And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
Shares key themes with Job 14:16: now, dost, over
“Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. to slay...: Heb. for death”
Shares key themes with Job 14:16: now, over, sin
“And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Job 14:16: now, over, sin
“This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.”
Shares key themes with Job 14:16: now, watch, over
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