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Job 33:27
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses a crowd after praying to God and finding favor, positioned chronologically between the restoration of righteousness and the promised redemption from the Pit.
The words — חָטָאתִי (Cha.ta.ti) translates literally to "I have sinned," and הֶעֱוֵיתִי (he.'e.Vei.ti) means "I have perverted" or twisted what was upright.
The thread — This confession of wrongdoing appears alongside divine oversight in Psalms 14:2 and public admission of guilt in 2 Samuel 12:13, while Romans 6:21 contrasts the shame of those deeds with their fatal outcome.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to acknowledge personal fault without demanding immediate retribution, recognizing that confession stands apart from deserved punishment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Cross-references
- Romans 6:21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
- 2 Samuel 12:13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- Psalms 14:2 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
- Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
- Matthew 16:26 What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Romans 7:22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
- 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- Numbers 12:11 and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
- Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?