Job 7:21
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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.Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
In other translations
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.Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
Hebrew words
וּמֶה׀umehand why?H4100לֹא־lo'-notH3808תִשָּׂאtisa'will you forgiveH5375פִשְׁעִיfish'itransgression myH6588וְתַעֲבִירveta'avirso may you take away?H5674אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֲוֹנִי'avoniiniquity myH5771כִּי־ki-forH3588עַתָּה'atahnowH6258לֶעָפָרle'afarto the dustH6083אֶשְׁכָּב'eshkavI will lie downH7901וְשִׁחֲרְתַּנִיveshichartaniand you will look for meH7836וְאֵינֶנִּי׃ פve'eineniand there not [will be] meH369
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Job 10:14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
- Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- 1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Lamentations 5:20-2220 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.20 Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long? 21 Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old, 22 unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
- Isaiah 64:9Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
- 1 John 3:5And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
- Psalm 103:15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- Micah 7:18-1918 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? 19 He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
- Lamentations 3:42-4442 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.42 “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.” 43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity. 44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
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