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Job 13:23

Job 13:23
How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

How many are mine iniquities and sins? Whether of ignorance or presumption, through mistake or wilfulness, voluntary or involuntary, sins of omission or commission, secret or open, or of heart, lip,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

How many are mine iniquities and sins? - Job takes the place of the plaintiff or accuser. He opens the cause. He appeals to God to state the catalogue of his crimes, or to bring forward his charges of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 13:23-28

Here, I. Job enquires after his sins, and begs to have them discovered to him. He looks up to God, and asks him what was the number of them (How many are my iniquities?) and what were the particulars…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job begins his plea with the demand to know the number of his sins how many iniquities and sins have I? and in general to be made aware of them. He means what great sins he is guilty of, sins that…

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