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If I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity.
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God's Unrelenting Gaze
Job expresses a profound sense of being under God's constant, critical surveillance. Commentators explain that Job feels God is not just observing him, but meticulously "marking" every sin to hold against him. This isn't the watchful eye of a loving parent, but the scrutinizing gaze of a judge who refuses to acquit or pardon, leaving Job feeling trapped.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
If I sin - The object of this verse and the following is, evidently, to say that he was completely perplexed. He did not know how to act. He…
19th Century
Anglican
If I sin ... —“If I had sinned, You would have marked me for punishment, and from my iniquity You would not acqui…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If I sin, then you mark me Or "observest me" F20 ; that is, he took notice of his sins, strictly inquired…
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Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigor. His gloom, unb…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, Job sought the cause of his punishment by assuming he was innocent. Now, he proceeds to ask whether he is being punished because he is …
