SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:21
¿Y por qué no quitas mi rebelión, y perdonas mi iniquidad? Porque ahora dormiré en el polvo, y si me buscares de mañana, ya no seré hallado.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Job 7:21
Verse 21. And why dost thou not pardon ] These words are spoken after the manner of men. If thou have any design to save me, if I have sinned, why dost thou not pardon my transgression, as thou seest that I am a dying man; and to- morrow morning thou mayest seek me to do me good, but in all probability I shall then be no more, and all thy kind thoughts towards me shall be unavailing? If I have sinned, then why should not I have a part in that mercy that flows so freely to all mankind? That Job does not criminate himself here, as our text intimates, is evident enough from his own repeated assertions of his innocence. And it is most certain that Bildad, who immediately answers, did not consider him as criminating but as justifying himself; and this is the very ground on which he takes up the subject. Were we to admit the contrary, we should find strange inconsistencies, if not contradictions, in Job's speeches: on such a ground the controversy must have immediately terminated, as he would then have acknowledged that of which his friends accused him; and here the book of Job would have ended.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 17-21 - Job reasons with God concerning his dealings with man. But in the mids of this discourse, Job seems to have lifted up his thoughts to God with some faith and hope. Observe the concern he is in about his sins. The best men have to complain of sin; and the better they are, the mor they will complain of it. God is the Preserver of our lives, and the Saviour of the souls of all that believe; but probably Job meant the Observer of men, whose eyes are upon the ways and hearts of all men. We can hide nothing from Him; let us plead guilty before his throne of grace, that we may not be condemned at his judgment-seat. Jo maintained, against his friends, that he was not a hypocrite, not wicked man, yet he owns to his God, that he had sinned. The best mus so acknowledge, before the Lord. He seriously inquires how he might be at peace with God, and earnestly begs forgiveness of his sins. He mean more than the removing of his outward trouble, and is earnest for the return of God's favour. Wherever the Lord removes the guilt of sin, he breaks the power of sin. To strengthen his prayer for pardon, Jo pleads the prospect he had of dying quickly. If my sins be not pardone while I live, I am lost and undone for ever. How wretched is sinful ma without a knowledge of the Saviour __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ומה 4100 לא 3808 תשׂא 5375 פשׁעי 6588 ותעביר 5674 את 853 עוני 5771 כי 3588 עתה 6258 לעפר 6083 אשׁכב 7901 ושׁחרתני 7836 ואינני׃ 369
