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Revised Standard Version

Job 10:6

that thou dost seek out my iniquity and search for my sin,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blasphemy;   God;   Philosophy;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Inquire;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
that you look for my iniquityand search for my sin,
Hebrew Names Version
That you inquire after my iniquity, And search after my sin?
King James Version
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
English Standard Version
that you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin,
New Century Version
You look for the evil I have done and search for my sin.
New English Translation
that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,
Amplified Bible
That You seek my guilt And search for my sin?
New American Standard Bible
That You should search for my guilt And carefully seek my sin?
World English Bible
That you inquire after my iniquity, And search after my sin?
Geneva Bible (1587)
That thou inquirest of mine iniquitie, and searchest out my sinne?
Legacy Standard Bible
That You should seek for my guiltAnd search after my sin?
Berean Standard Bible
that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin-
Contemporary English Version
Is that why you are so quick to find fault with me?
Complete Jewish Bible
that you have to seek my guilt and search out my sin?
Darby Translation
That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;
Easy-to-Read Version
You look for my wrong and search for my sin.
George Lamsa Translation
That thou enquirest after my iniquity, and searchest after my sins?
Good News Translation
Then why do you track down all my sins and hunt down every fault I have?
Lexham English Bible
that you seek out my iniquity, and you search for my sin
Literal Translation
that You seek out my iniquity, and search for my sin?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that thou makest soch inquisicion for my wickednesse, and searchest out my synne?
American Standard Version
That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,
Bible in Basic English
That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
That Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin,
King James Version (1611)
That thou enquirest after mine iniquitie, and searchest after my sinne?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That thou makest such inquisition for my wickednes, and searchest out my sinne?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that thou hast enquired into mine iniquity, and searched out my sins?
English Revised Version
That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that thou enquere my wickidnesse, and enserche my synne?
Update Bible Version
That you inquire after my iniquity, And search after my sin,
Webster's Bible Translation
That thou inquirest after my iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
New King James Version
That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin,
New Living Translation
that you must quickly probe for my guilt and search for my sin?
New Life Bible
that You should look for my wrong-doing and my sin?
New Revised Standard
that you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
That thou shouldst seek for mine iniquity, and, for my sin, shouldst make search:
Douay-Rheims Bible
That thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?
Young's Literal Translation
That Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
That You should seek for my guilt And search after my sin?

Contextual Overview

1 "I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why thou dost contend against me. 3 Does it seem good to thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands and favor the designs of the wicked? 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Dost thou see as man sees? 5 Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's years, 6 that thou dost seek out my iniquity and search for my sin, 7 although thou knowest that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of thy hand?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 10:14-17, Psalms 10:15, Psalms 44:21, Jeremiah 2:34, Zephaniah 1:12, John 2:24, John 2:25, 1 Corinthians 4:5

Reciprocal: Job 13:27 - and lookest Job 14:16 - thou numberest

Cross-References

Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
Genesis 10:8
Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
Genesis 10:16
and the Jeb'usites, the Amorites, the Gir'gashites,
1 Chronicles 4:40
where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, quiet, and peaceful; for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.
Psalms 78:51
He smote all the first-born in Egypt, the first issue of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Psalms 105:23
Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
Psalms 105:27
They wrought his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.
Psalms 106:22
wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red Sea.
Isaiah 11:11
In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant which is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
Jeremiah 46:9
Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go forth: men of Ethiopia and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?] Narrowly examined every action of his life, to find something amiss in them; and took notice of every weakness and infirmity, and aggravated it, to make it appear as sinful as it could be, and watched every halting and failing, that he might have something against him as a reason why he afflicted him; dealing with him as if there was no Messiah, no Mediator, Redeemer, and Saviour, provided, appointed, and promised; and as if there was no forgiveness of sin, through him, for him: sin pardoned for his sake is covered, that when it is sought for it shall not be found; so that when it is not pardoned, or not thought to be so, it lies open, and upon inquiry to be found, charged, and punished for; see Job 7:21; this search and inquiry seems to have been made by afflictions; at least Job imagined that the design of God in them was to put him upon the rack, and bring him to a confession of sin, find in this way find an occasion against him: now such a method as this, Job thought, was unbecoming the greatness, majesty, and perfections of God; and was quite needless, since his eyes were not human nor shortsighted, that obliged him to pore and pry into things, but were omniscient, and could see at once whether there was any evil way in him or not; nor was he as men, short lived, which obliged him to make use of his time while he had it, to get an advantage of another; and besides, such a method of acting seemed to him very extraordinary, when he full well knew he was an innocent person, as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That thou inquirest after mine iniquity - Art thou governed by hu man passions and prejudices, that thou dost thus seem to search out every little obliquity and error? Job here evidently refers to the conduct of man in strictly marking faults, and in being unwilling to forgive; and he asks whether it is possible that God could be governed by such feelings as these.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 10:6. That thou inquirest — Is it becoming thy infinite dignity to concern thyself so much with the affairs or transgressions of a despicable mortal? A word spoken in the heart of most sinners.


 
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