Job 10:14,15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

If I sin, then thou markest me. Job is perplexed because God "marks" every sin of his with such ceaseless rigour.

If I sin ... if I be wicked. The former word "sin" х chaaTaa' (H2398)] means a slip through imprudence; but "wicked" х raasha` (H7561)], heinously wicked, of set purpose.

And if I be righteous, yet will I not, lift up mine head. Whether erring or "wicked" (deliberately godless and a hypocrite), or "righteous" (comparatively: sincere), God condemns and punishes alike.

Lift up my head - in conscious innocence (Psalms 3:3). Thou, O Lord, art the lifter up of mine head.

I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction - rather, 'Yet will I not lift up my head, being full of ignominy [shame, qaalown (H7036)], and seeing (as I too well see) mine affliction,' which seems to prove me guilty (Umbreit).

Related Commentaries of Job 10:14

Job 10:14-15

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

15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;