Job 7:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“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 7:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 7:2113 words

HebrewMeaning

וּ/מֶ֤הwmeh

and why?conjH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

לֹאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תִשָּׂ֣אtiśāʾ

will you forgiveverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

פִשְׁעִ/י֮pišəʿiy

transgression mynounH6588

sin · transgression · trespass

וְ/תַעֲבִ֪ירwətaʿăbiyr

so may you take away?conjH5674

alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

עֲוֺ֫נִ֥/יʿăwōniy

iniquity mynounH5771

iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

עַ֭תָּהʿatāh

nowadvH6258

now · straightway · this time · whereas

לֶ/עָפָ֣רleʿāpār

to the dustpronH6083

dust · earth · ground · morter ···

אֶשְׁכָּ֑בʾešəkāb

I will lie downverbH7901

at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···

וְ/שִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣/נִיwəšiḥărətaniy

and you will look for meconjH7836

enquire early · rise betimes · seek diligently) early · in the morning)

וְ/אֵינֶֽ/נִּיwəʾēyneniy

and there not will be meconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 8 §55

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