King James Version
Job 10:6 in the King James Version says “That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?” — study this verse from Job chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?”
Job 10:6 · KJV
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Thou: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. have: Heb. took pains about me
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“That thou enquirest”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
“after my sin”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
“and searchest”
H1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
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