Job 14:17 Commentary: Rashi & Malbim

חָתֻ֣ם בִּצְר֣וֹר פִּשְׁעִ֑י וַ֝תִּטְפֹּ֗ל עַל־עֲוֺנִֽי׃

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

Rashi on Job

sealed up in a bundle Sealed and preserved in a cloth bundle like silver and pearls, lest it be lost.
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Malbim on Job

I am now being made to suffer even though I have not sinned. Will You then be so loving as to cover up my sins however great they may be?
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Rashi on Job

and You have attached Yourself to my iniquity Heb. ותטפל, You have attached Yourself to my iniquity.
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