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Job 7:21

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19 Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You ?

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.”
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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
ASV
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
DARBY
And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.
BLB
And why do You not lift my transgression and make my iniquity pass away? For now in the dust I shall lie down, and You will seek me, and I [will] not be there.”
ÅB
Og hvorfor tilgir du ikke min brøde og ettergir meg min misgjerning? For nå må jeg legge meg i støvet; når du søker meg, er jeg ikke mere.
OTB
Hvorfor tilgir Du ikke min overtredelse
Og tar bort min misgjerning?
For nå vil jeg legge meg i støvet;
Og Du vil lete etter meg, men jeg vil ikke være mer.»
B1930
Og hvorfor tilgir du ikke min brøde og forlater mig min misgjerning? For nu må jeg legge mig i støvet; når du søker mig, er jeg ikke mere.

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Cross references

  • Job 10:14

    If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

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  • Daniel 12:2

    And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

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  • 1 John 1:9

    If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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  • Lamentations 5:20–22

    Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

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  • Isaiah 64:9

    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!

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:7

    before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:10

    After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

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  • Hosea 14:2

    Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.

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