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Job 10:6
that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to God in a moment of desperate lament, directly questioning divine justice while feeling pursued by the Creator he claims to have wronged.
The words — The text explicitly states that God should seek iniquity and search out sin, using the Hebrew verbs תְבַקֵּשׁ (tevaqes) and תִדְרֹשׁ (tidrosh) to denote active, deliberate investigation.
The thread — This pattern of divine pursuit of human wrongdoing runs through Job 14:16, Psalm 10:15, and Psalm 44:21, where God's scrutiny is tied to accountability and knowledge of hidden motives.
Why it lands — The passage forces a reader to confront the gap between claimed innocence and the reality of divine examination, demanding honest self-assessment rather than defensive argument.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Cross-references
- Job 14:16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
- Psalms 10:15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
- Psalms 44:21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
- Jeremiah 2:34 Moreover, 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
- Zephaniah 1:12 And 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.’
- Job 10:14 If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
- John 2:24 But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore 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.