Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 14:17

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17. sealed up — ( :- ). Is shut up in eternal oblivion, that is, God thenceforth will think no more of my former sins. To cover sins is to completely forgive them ( Psalms 32:1 ; Psalms 85:2 ). Purses of money in the East are usually sealed. sewest up —rather, "coverest"; akin to an Arabic word, "to color over," to forget wholly. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"