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Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
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A Desperate Plea for Pardon
Commentators see Job's words as a raw, desperate cry for forgiveness. He links his suffering directly to his sin and believes pardon is the only remedy. His plea is urgent because he feels death is near, and any grace from God must come quickly or it will be too late. Scholars like Spurgeon caution us not to judge Job's tone, recognizing it as the language of extreme grief.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And why do you not pardon my transgression? - Admitting that I have sinned (Job 7:20), yet why do you not forgive me?
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19th Century
Anglican
And why do you not pardon my transgression? —In Job’s belief, sin was the origin of all disaster, and so he thinks that i…
Baptist
Speaking after the manner of man, he seems to think that, if God does not pardon him soon, the pardon will come too late; for if God comes in mercy…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And why do you not pardon my transgression Or "lift [it] up" F4 ; every sin is a transgression of the law…
Job reasons with God concerning his dealings with man. But in the midst of this discourse, Job seems to have lifted up his thoughts to God with som…
13th Century
Catholic
After Job has shown that the consolation of Eliphaz, which was based on the promise of earthly happiness, was leading him to despair and the desire…
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