“Mountains fall and crumble away.\par Large rocks break loose and fall.\par
Job 14:17 - Easy To Read Version You would tie up my sins in a bag,\par seal it, \{and throw it away\}!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou sewest up mine iniquity. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and You glue up my iniquity [to preserve it in full for the day of reckoning]. American Standard Version (1901) My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity. Common English Bible My rebellion is sealed in a bag; you would cover my sin. Catholic Public Domain Version You have sealed up my offenses, as if in a purse, but you have cured my iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity. |
“Mountains fall and crumble away.\par Large rocks break loose and fall.\par
But you say,\par ‘God punishes a child\par for his father’s sins.’\par No! Let God punish the evil person himself.\par Then that evil person will know\par he is being punished for his own sins!\par
You said:\par ‘I am pure.\par I am innocent\par I did nothing wrong.\par I am not guilty!\par
I am innocent, but the things I say\par make me seem guilty.\par I am innocent, but if I speak\par my mouth proves me guilty.\par
God will still push me into the slime pit. {\cf2\super [21]} \par Then even my clothes will hate me.\par
Even if you wash yourself with lye, {\cf2\super [12]} \par even if you use much soap,\par I can still see your guilt.”\par This message was from the Lord God.\par
I signed the deed. {\cf2\super [267]} And I had a copy of the deed sealed up. {\cf2\super [268]} And I got some men to witness the things I had done. And I weighed out the silver on the scales.
“Ephraim tried to hide his guilt.\par He thought his sins were a secret.\par \{But he will be punished.\}\par
Their vines and fields will be destroyed, like Sodom and Gomorrah. [216] Their grapes are like bitter poison.
“{The Lord says,} ‘I am saving that punishment. I have it locked up in my storehouse!