Job 14:16, Jer 31:28, 44:27 | JFB | e4.org | 16. Rather, "Yea, thou wilt number my steps, 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 —that is, minutely attend to them, that they may not wander [UMBREIT ] ( ).

‏ Job 14:16

16. Rather, "Yea, thou wilt number my steps, 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—that is, minutely attend to them, that they may not wander [UMBREIT] (1Sa 2:9; Ps 37:23).

‏ Jeremiah 31:28

28. (Jer 44:27). The same God who, as it were (in human language), was on the watch for all means to destroy, shall be as much on the watch for the means of their restoration.

‏ Jeremiah 44:27

27. watch over . . . for evil— (Jer 1:10; Eze 7:6). The God, whose providence is ever solicitously watching over His people for good, shall solicitously, as it were, watch for their hurt. Contrast Jer 31:28; 32:41.