Translations
Modern
My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
Traditional
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Literal
My transgression is sealed up in a bundle, and You plaster over my iniquity.
Latin
Signasti quasi in sacculo delicta mea, sed curasti iniquitatem meam.
Original
Hebrew
English
My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
Notes
If transgression becomes sealed in a bag, it does not wait for judgment (Deuteronomy 32:34–35; Hosea 13:12). It remains hidden forever. Job was asking for God to forgive him.
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