17 (A)My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And You [a]cover my iniquity.

18 “But as a mountain falls and crumbles away,
And as a rock is moved from its place;
19 As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 14:17 Lit. plaster over

17 My offenses will be sealed(A) up in a bag;(B)
    you will cover over my sin.(C)

18 “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles(D)
    and as a rock is moved from its place,(E)
19 as water wears away stones
    and torrents(F) wash away the soil,(G)
    so you destroy a person’s hope.(H)

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