Job 7:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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].

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  • 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 turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
  • Mic 7:18-19 : 18 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.
  • John 1:29 : 29 ¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which 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 peculiar people, zealous of good works.
  • 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just 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 our 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 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.
  • Job 3:13 : 13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
  • Job 7:8 : 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thine eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
  • Job 10:9 : 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the 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 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 brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.
  • Ps 37:36 : 36 Yet he passed away, 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 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
  • Isa 26:19 : 19 Thy 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 64:9 : 9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, 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 persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not 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 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.

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  • Job 10:6-7
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    6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

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    14 ¶ If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

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  • 9 What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

  • 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

  • Job 9:28-29
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    28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

    29 [If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

  • 19 Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • Job 10:20-21
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    20 [Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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  • 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

  • 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.

  • Job 13:22-24
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    22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

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    11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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  • 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

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  • 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?

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  • 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

  • 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

  • 13 If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

  • 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

  • 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

  • 15 And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

  • 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

  • 9 I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.

  • 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.

  • 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

  • 33 ¶ If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

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    3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

  • 6 If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

  • 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.