Job 7:21
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be."
Word-by-Word Analysis
μέλω
mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
פֶּשַׁע
peshaʻ
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
בֹּקֶר
bôqer
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
Key Terms in This Verse
μέλω mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
Study G3199 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →Cross References
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of t...
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
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