“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.”
Job asks why God does not pardon his transgression and take away his iniquity, suggesting that even if he has sinned, the punishment should be forgiven. The rhetorical question implies that once Job is dead and gone, there will be no one to seek him. Job's request for forgiveness, then, is tinged with irony: once he is dead, it will no longer matter. The chapter concludes with Job's plea that death end this intolerable situation.
Church Fathers on Job 7:21
And why dost Thou not take away my transgression, and remove mine iniquity? By which same words, what else is intimated but the desire of the expected Mediator, concerning Whom John saith, Behold the Lamb of God, Which taketh away the sin of the world. Or rather sin is then completely taken away from mankind, when our corruption is changed in the glory of incorruption. For we can never be free from sin so long as we are held fast in a body of mortality, and therefore he…
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