Job 7:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמֶ֤ה ׀ לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א פִשְׁעִי֮ וְתַעֲבִ֢יר אֶת־עֲוֺ֫נִ֥י כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה לֶעָפָ֣ר אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי

Transliteration

And why not-ṯiśśā' my pish'î and wĕṯa'ăḇîr 'eṯ-my 'ăwōnî for-now to le'āfār 'eshkāḇ and wĕshiḥărtanî and wĕ'êynennî

Grammar Details

• *û*: conjunction - and
• *meh*: interrogative pronoun - why?
• *lō'*: negative particle - not
• *ṯiśśā'*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you forgive/lift
• *pish'î*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my transgression
• *wĕ*: conjunction - and
• *ṯa'ăḇîr*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you remove
• *'eṯ*: direct object marker
• *'ăwōnî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my iniquity
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *'attâ*: adverb - now
• *le*: preposition - to
• *'āfār*: noun, masculine singular - dust
• *'eshkāḇ*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will lie down
• *shiḥărtanî*: verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you seek me
• *'êynennî*: particle of negation + 1st person singular suffix - I am not

Word Meanings

• *ṯiśśā'*: forgive/lift/take away/pardon
• *pish'î*: my transgression/my rebellion/my sin
• *ṯa'ăḇîr*: remove/take away/pass over
• *'ăwōnî*: my iniquity/my guilt/my punishment
• *'āfār*: dust/earth/dirt/soil
• *'eshkāḇ*: I will lie down/I will sleep/I will die
• *shiḥărtanî*: you seek me/you search for me/you look for me earnestly
• *'êynennî*: I am not/I will be gone/I will no longer exist

Referenced Verses

• Job 10:14 : 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
• Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Hos 14:2 : 2 Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render [as] bullocks [the offering of] our lips.
• Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness. 19 He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
• John 1:29 : 29 On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!
• Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
• 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• 1 John 3:5 : 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away {G2257} sins; and in him is no sin.
• 2 Sam 24:10 : 10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, O Jehovah, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
• Job 3:13 : 13 For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
• Job 7:8 : 8 The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
• Job 10:9 : 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
• Job 13:23-24 : 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
• Job 17:14 : 14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
• Job 21:32-33 : 32 Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb. 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
• Ps 37:36 : 36 But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
• Ps 103:15 : 15 As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
• Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
• Isa 26:19 : 19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
• Isa 64:9 : 9 Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
• Lam 3:42-44 : 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
• Lam 5:20-22 : 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time? 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old. 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.