… 16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin. 17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity. 18 But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,… Of David.

14 If someone dies, will they live again? I will wait for my renewal[b] to come. you will long for the creature your hands have made. but not keep track of my sin. you will cover over my sin. so you destroy a person’s hope. you change their countenance and send them away. if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.

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14 If a man dies, shall he live again? Till my change comes. You shall desire the work of Your hands. But do not watch over my sin. And You [f]cover my iniquity. So You destroy the hope of man. You change his countenance and send him away. They are brought low, and he does not perceive it. And his soul will mourn over it.”

Objection 1: It would seem that there is not to be a resurrection of the body: for it is written (Job 14:12): "Man, when he is fallen asleep, shall not rise again till the heavens be broken." But the heavens shall never be broken, since the earth, to which seemingly this is still less applicable, "standeth for ever" (Eccles. 1:4).

Job 14 is a profound and introspective chapter in the Book of Job, wherein Job himself contemplates the fleeting nature of human life and the inevitability of death. Yet, amidst his lamentations, he also looks beyond his circumstances and towards the hope of life after death.

All his show of beauty, happiness, and splendour falls before the stroke of sickness or death, as the flower before the scythe; or passes away like the shadow. How is it possible for a man's conduct to be sinless, when his heart is by nature unclean? Here is a clear proof that Job understood and believed the doctrine of original sin.

17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Job 14:17 In-Context 15 You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made. 16 Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.

Job makes just two requests of God. First, he asks God to give him some relief from pain so that he can present his case. Second, he asks that God will not cause him to be overcome with fear as he comes into the divine presence. He wants to ask God questions, and he promises to answer any questions God asks him (20-22).