For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Rather, 'Yea thou wilt number, etc., and wilt not (as now) jealously watch over my sin.' Thenceforward, instead of severe watching for every sin of Job, God will guard him against every sin. 'Number ... steps' - i:e., minutely attend to them, that they may not wander (Umbreit). (1 Samuel 2:9, "He will keep the feet of His saints;" Ps. 27:23 , "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.") In the English version the "For," means, But my wish (Job 14:13-15) is vain: 'For now, as it is thou numberest my steps, watching for my every slip; dost thou not watch over my sin, so as to let none of my sins escape thee? or, as Maurer, 'Thou dost not attend to my sin, so as to consider whether it deserve so heavy a punishment as I bear.'