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That you inquire after my iniquity, And search after my sin?
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Questioning God's Methods
Job expresses deep frustration, asking why the all-knowing God seems to be acting like a human investigator. Commentators explain that Job feels God is meticulously searching for every minor fault, a behavior he finds unbecoming of the divine. This highlights a common struggle in suffering: questioning God's methods when they seem limited or petty.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That thou inquirest after mine iniquity - Are you governed by human passions and prejudices, that you do so seem to search out ever…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That you inquire after mine iniquity, and search after my sin ? Narrowly examined eve…
Job, being weary of his life, resolves to complain, but he will not charge God with unrighteousness. Here is a prayer that he might be delivered fr…
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13th Century
Catholic
Job earlier proposed that both the innocent and the wicked are assailed by trials in this world. He touched upon one possible reason for the punish…