Job 7:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

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  • Job 10:14 : 14 That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.
  • Hos 14:2 : 2 O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.
  • Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy. 19 He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
  • John 1:29 : 29 The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.
  • 1 John 3:5 : 5 And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.
  • 2 Sam 24:10 : 10 And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly
  • Job 3:13 : 13 For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,
  • Job 7:8 : 8 The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
  • Job 10:9 : 9 O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?
  • Job 13:23-24 : 23 What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them. 24 Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?
  • Job 17:14 : 14 If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
  • Job 21:32-33 : 32 He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it. 33 The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him.
  • Ps 37:36 : 36 But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.
  • Ps 103:15 : 15 As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.
  • Eccl 12:7 : 7 And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
  • Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
  • Isa 64:9 : 9 Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.
  • Lam 3:42-44 : 42 We have done wrong and gone against your law; we have not had your forgiveness. 43 Covering yourself with wrath you have gone after us, cutting us off without pity; 44 Covering yourself with a cloud, so that prayer may not get through.
  • Lam 5:20-22 : 20 Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long? 21 Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past. 22 But you have quite given us up; you are full of wrath against us.

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    19How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

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    13If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

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  • Job 10:6-7
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    6That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

    7Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

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    9What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?

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    4When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.

  • Job 9:28-29
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    28I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

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  • Job 13:19
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    19Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • Job 10:20-21
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    20Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

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  • Job 14:3
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  • Job 13:22-24
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    22Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

    23What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

    24Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

  • Job 7:11-13
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    11So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

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    13For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,

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    18I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.

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    19Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.

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