Job 7:21

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, And take away mine iniquity? ((7:22)) For soon shall I sleep in the dust; And, though thou seek me diligently, I shall not be.

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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

20If I have sinned, what have I done to thee, O thou watcher of men! Why hast thou set me up as thy mark, So that I have become a burden to myself?

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Cross References

Job 7:8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more; Thine eyes shall look for me, but I shall not be.

Job 10:14If I sin, then thou markest me, And wilt not acquit me of mine iniquity.

Job 14:10But man dieth, and he is gone! Man expireth, and where is he?

Job 20:8He shall flee away like a dream, and shall not be found; Yea, he shall disappear like a vision of the nigh.

Psalms 37:36But he passed away, and, lo! he was no more; Yea, I sought him, but he was not found.

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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