Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
sealed up— (Job 9:7). 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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 14:17:
Hosea 13:12
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