What Does Job 7:21 Mean?

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“And why dost thou not pardon”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

“my transgression”

a revolt (national, moral or religious)

“and take away”

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“mine iniquity”

perversity, i.e., (moral) evil

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

“in the dust”

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

“for now shall I sleep”

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

“and thou shalt seek me in the morning”

properly, to dawn, i.e., (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking

a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle