King James Version

Job 14:17

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

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חָתֻ֣םchatumsealחָתַםverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “seal”, a verb used as a describing wordH2856to close up; especially to sealmake an end, mark, seal (up), stop.בִּצְר֣וֹרbitsrorin bundleצְרוֹרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in bundle”, the ordinary formH6872a parcel (as packed up); also a kernel or particle (as if a package)bag, [idiom] bendeth, bundle, least grain, small stone.פִּשְׁעִ֑יpishirebellionפֶּשַׁעnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “rebellion”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6588a revolt (national, moral or religious)rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.וַ֝תִּטְפֹּ֗לvatitpoland forgeטָפַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and forge”, the next action in the storyH2950properly, to stick on as apatch; figuratively, to impute falselyforge(-r), sew up.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עֲוֺנִֽיaonifaultעָוֺןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “fault”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evilfault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sealed up in a bag [is] my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.

World English Bible

My disobedience is sealed up in a bag. You fasten up my iniquity.

Darby Translation

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.

Douay-Rheims

Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐσφράγισας δέ μου τὰς ἀνομίας ἐν βαλαντίῳ, ἐπεσημῄνω δὲ εἴτι ἄκων παρέβην.