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Job 10:6

That thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity, and search after 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:
Revised Standard Version
that thou dost seek out my iniquity and search for 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 My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so? 3 Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked? 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh: or, shalt thou see as man seeth? 5 Are thy days as the days of man, and are thy years as the times of men: 6 That thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin? 7 And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas there is no man that can 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
Which when Cham the father of Chanaan had seen, to wit, that his father’s nakedness was uncovered, he told it to his two brethren without.
Genesis 10:8
Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.
Genesis 10:16
And the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite, and the Gergesite.
1 Chronicles 4:40
And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the race of Cham had dwelt before.
Psalms 78:51
(77-51) And he killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: the firstfruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham.
Psalms 105:23
(104-23) And Israel went into Egypt: and Jacob was a sojourner in the land of Cham.
Psalms 105:27
(104-27) He gave them power to shew them signs, and his wonders in the land of Cham.
Psalms 106:22
(105-22) Wondrous works in the land of Cham: terrible things in the Red Sea.
Isaiah 11:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand the second time to possess the remnant of his people, which shall be left from the Assyrians, and from Egypt, and from Phetros, and from Ethiopia, and from Elam, and from Sennaar, and from Emath, and from the islands of the sea.
Jeremiah 46:9
Get ye up on horses, and glory in chariots, and let the valiant men come forth, the Ethiopians, and the Libyans that hold the shield, and the Lydians that take, and shoot arrows.

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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