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Job 7

Job 7:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And why dost thou not pardon
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
my transgression
pesha` (Hebrew #6588)
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
KJV usage: rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
Pronounce: peh'-shah
Origin: from 6586
, and take away
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
l mine iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
? for now shall I sleep
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
; and thou shalt seek me in the morning
shachar (Hebrew #7836)
properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)
KJV usage: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).
Pronounce: shaw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
, but Im shall not be.
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Mic. 7:18‑19• 18Who 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.
 19He 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. (Mic. 7:18‑19)
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1 John 1:9• 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
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Psa. 103:15• 15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. (Psa. 103:15)

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Dust,
Pardon,
Transgression

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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why dost.
Job 10:14• 14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. (Job 10:14)
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Job 13:23‑24• 23How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? (Job 13:23‑24)
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Isa. 64:9• 9Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. (Isa. 64:9)
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Lam. 3:42‑44• 42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
 43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
 44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. (Lam. 3:42‑44)
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Lam. 5:20‑22• 20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
 21Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
 22But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. (Lam. 5:20‑22)
take away.
2 Sam. 24:10• 10And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. (2 Sam. 24:10)
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Mic. 7:18‑19• 18Who 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.
 19He 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. (Mic. 7:18‑19)
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Hos. 14:2• 2Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. (Hos. 14:2)
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John 1:29• 29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)
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Titus 2:14• 14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:14)
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1 John 1:9• 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
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1 John 3:5• 5And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. (1 John 3:5)
sleep.
Job 3:13• 13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, (Job 3:13)
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Job 17:14• 14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. (Job 17:14)
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Job 21:32‑33• 32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
 33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. (Job 21:32‑33)
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Eccl. 12:7• 7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. (Eccl. 12:7)
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Isa. 26:19• 19Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. (Isa. 26:19)
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Dan. 12:2• 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. (Dan. 12:2)
in the morning.
Job 7:18• 18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? (Job 7:18)
but I shall not be.
Psa. 37:36• 36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. (Psa. 37:36)
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Psa. 103:15• 15As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. (Psa. 103:15)
• In the writhings of his soul-anguish, Job does not hesitate to accuse God. If he has sinned why does God punish instead of showing mercy? Truly such challenges cannot be allowed to pass. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• He sees no mercy in God, and therefore the only future he dwells upon is one of escape from His presence. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And why dost not thou forgive my transgressionb 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.

JND Translation Notes

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b
Properly "audacious sin," "rebellion" (against God). as ch 8.4 and 34.37.