Job 7:21

Why do you not steal away my sin, and why do you not sweep away my iniquity? Behold, now I will sleep in the dust, and if you seek me in the morning, I will not remain.

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In The King James Version

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

In Context

20I have sinned; what should I do for you, O keeper of men? Why have you set me against you, so that I have become burdensome even to myself?

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Cross References

2 Samuel 24:10Then the heart of David struck him, after the people were numbered. And David said to the Lord: “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But I pray that you, O Lord, may take away the iniquity of your servant. For I have acted very foolishly.”

Job 7:8Neither will the sight of man gaze upon me; your eyes are upon me, and I will not endure.

Job 10:14If I have sinned, and you have spared me for an hour, why do you not endure me to be clean from my iniquity?

Job 14:10Truly, when a man dies, and has been left unprotected, and has decayed, I ask you where is he?

Job 20:8Like a dream that flies away, he will not be found; he will pass away like a nightmare.

Matthew Henry on Job 7:18-21

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in… Read the whole commentary →

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