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How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
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A Bold Demand for Justice
Job directly challenges God to present the list of his sins. Commentators note this is like a legal proceeding where Job, the accused, demands to see the charges. He feels his suffering is so disproportionate that the sins causing it must be immense, yet he is unaware of any such crimes and wants God to make the case against him plain.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
How many are mine iniquities and sins? – Job takes the place of the plaintiff or accuser. He opens the cause. He appeals to God to …
19th Century
Anglican
How many are my iniquities? —We must be careful to note that along with Job’s claim to be righteous, there is always an e…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
How many [are] mine iniquities and sins ? ] Whether of ignorance or presumption, through mistake or wilfulness, volu…
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Job begs to have his sins revealed to him. A true penitent is willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know what our trans…
13th Century
Catholic
After correcting the reasoning of his friends, who tried to defend divine justice with lies, Job now proceeds to dismantle their false dogmas in th…