Job 14:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה צְעָדַ֣י תִּסְפּ֑וֹר לֹֽא־תִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹר עַל־חַטָּאתִֽי׃

Transliteration

kî-ʿattâ ṣəʿādây tispôr lōʾ-tišmôr ʿal-ḥaṭṭāʾtî

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʿattâ*: adverb - now
*ṣəʿādây*: noun, masculine, plural, construct + 1st person, singular, suffix - my steps
*tispôr*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you count
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tišmôr*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you watch/keep
*ʿal*: preposition - over/concerning
*ḥaṭṭāʾtî*: noun, feminine, singular, construct + 1st person, singular, suffix - my sin

Word Meanings

*ʿattâ*: now/at this time
*ṣəʿādây*: my steps/my paces/my movements
*tispôr*: count/number/take account of
*tišmôr*: watch/observe/keep track of
*ḥaṭṭāʾtî*: my sin/my offense/my wrongdoing

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 10:6 : 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,
Job 31:4 : 4 Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?
Job 34:21 : 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.
Jer 32:19 : 19 great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
Ps 139:1-4 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me]. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
Job 33:11 : 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.
Job 10:14 : 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Job 13:27 : 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

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