Job 7:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

Young's Literal Translation
Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me—and I am not!

King James Bible
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].

Hebrew
Why
וּמֶ֤ה ׀ (ū·meh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

do You not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

pardon
תִשָּׂ֣א (ṯiś·śā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

my transgression
פִשְׁעִי֮ (p̄iš·‘î)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6588: Transgression

and take away
וְתַעֲבִ֪יר (wə·ṯa·‘ă·ḇîr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

my iniquity?
עֲוֺ֫נִ֥י (‘ă·wō·nî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

soon
עַ֭תָּה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

I will lie down
אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב (’eš·kāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

in the dust;
לֶעָפָ֣ר (le·‘ā·p̄ār)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

You will seek me,
וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי (wə·ši·ḥăr·ta·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7836: To dawn, be, early at any task, to search for

but I will be no more.”
וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ (wə·’ê·nen·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | first person common singular
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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