that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—
Parallel translations
- WEB that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?
- KJV That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
- NKJV That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin,
- NASB That You should search for my guilt And carefully seek my sin?
- NLT that you must quickly probe for my guilt and search for my sin?
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Quick answer
Job feels God is searching out his iniquity and probing for his sin. He senses relentless divine scrutiny of his life.
Overview
Job pictures God diligently inquiring after any fault in him, intensifying his sense of being hunted. While Job misreads the motive behind his suffering, his words testify that nothing is hidden from God. For the believer this searching becomes mercy, for the God who knows our sin has provided its cleansing in Christ (Psalm 139:23-24; 1 John 1:9).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Job 14:16For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
- Jer 2:34Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
- Ps 44:21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
- Ps 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
- Zeph 1:12And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
- 1 Cor 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
- Job 10:14–17If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
- John 2:24–25But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.
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