Job 7:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And why dost thou not pardon my transgression? - Admitting that I have sinned Job 7:20 , yet why dost thou not forgive me? I shall soon pass away from the land of the living. I may be sought but...

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• Job 7:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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] (o) not [be]. (o) That is, I will...

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• Job 7:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Job again gives utterance to his complaint. In the previous passage Job's tone, as in Job 3:11-19 , had become quieter, and his complaint almost an elegy on human misery. But now he bursts forth aga...

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• Job 7:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  transgression. Hebrew pasha'. iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah.

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• Job 7:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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 And why dost...

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• Job 7:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I have sinned, &c.— As if he said, "Though I am no such wicked and ungodly wretch as these men imagine me to be, for thou knowest the uprightness of my heart, yet I acknowledge myself a sinner,...

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• Job 7:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. For now, х `ataah...

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• Job 7:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Job's First Speech (concluded) 1-10. Job laments the hardship and misery of his destiny.

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• Job 7:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And why dost thou not pardon my transgression? — In Job’s belief, sin was the origin of all disaster, and so he thinks that if he were but pardoned his sorrows would pass away. Our Lord has not dis...

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• Job 7:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  VIII. MEN FALSE: GOD OVERBEARING Job 6:1-30 ; Job 7:1-21 Job SPEAKS WORST to endure of all things is the grief that preys on a man's own heart because no channel outside self is provided for...

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• Job 7:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Longing for the Evening Job 7:1-21 The servant eagerly longs for the lengthening shadow, which tells him that his day of labor is at an end, and we may allow ourselves to anticipate the hour of...

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• Job 7:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Without waiting for their reply, Job broke out into a new lamentation, more bitter than the first, for it came out of a heart whose sorrow was aggravated by the misunderstanding of friends. Indeed, i...

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• Job 7:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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. (12) Amos I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? (...

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• Job 7:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And why dost thou not pardon my transgression ,.... Or "lift [it] up" d; every sin is a transgression of the law of God, and the guilt of it upon the conscience is a burden too heavy to bear, and th...

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• Job 7:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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]. Ver. 21. And why dost...

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• Job 7:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Why dost thou not pardon , &c. Seeing thou art so gracious to others, so ready to preserve and forgive them; why may not I hope for the same favour from thee? For now shall I sleep in the dust...

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• Job 7:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  DOES GOD NOT RECOMPENSE GOOD DEEDS? (vv.1-16) Job's questions in verse 1 indicate why he was so distressed at God's dealings. No doubt too his friends would agree to his questions. "Is there not...

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• Job 7:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?   18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?   19 H...

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• Job 7:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Seeing thou art so gracious to others, so ready to preserve and pardon them, why may not I hope for the same favour from thee? If thou dost not speedily help me, it will be too late, I shall be dead,...

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• Job 7:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CONTINUATION OF JOB’S SPEECH Job ceases to altercate with Eliphaz and to defend himself. Resumes his complaints, and ends by addressing himself to God. I. Complains of the general lot of human...

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• Job 7:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Job was sorely troubled by the cruel speeches of his friends, and he answered them out of the bitterness of his soul. What we are first about to read is a part of his language under those circumstanc...

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• Job 7:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 7:1 . Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? הלא צבא hela zaba, Nonne militia est homini super terra, et sicut dies mercenarii dies ejus? “Is not the life of man a warfare upon th...

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• Job 7:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? Why some sinners are not pardoned No man should rest until he is sure that his sin is forgiven. I. I shall first t...

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• Job 7:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Job 7:1-18 In this chapter Job first bewails his miserable fate, of which he expects no alleviation (verses 1-10); then claims an unlimited right of complaint (verse 11); and fin...

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• Job 7:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Job Arraigns God

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• Job 7:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 1:9 ; 1 John 3:5 ; 2 Samuel 24:10 ; Daniel 12:2 ; Ecclesiastes 12:7 ; Hosea 14:2 ; Isaiah 26:19 ; Isaiah 64:9 ; Job 10:14 ; Job 13:23 ; Job 13:24 ; Job 17:14 ; Job 21:32 ; Job 21...

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• Job 7:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Pardon — Seeing thou art so gracious to others, why may not I hope for the same favour from thee? Dust — If thou dost not speedily help me, it will be too late. But I shall not be — It will be to l...

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