That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Job 10:6 belongs to the extended discussion in Job 3-31 between Job and his three friends concerning the cause and object of human suffering. Within that larger debate it forms part of Job's reply to Bildad and of his account of his own affliction under the accusations brought against him.
In it Job speaks as one conscious of his own integrity yet unable to understand God's dealings with him, asking why God inquires after his iniquity and searches out his sin. He does so without charging God foolishly, even while pressing the mystery of his suffering.
His question does not mean that affliction proves sin or proves that he lies under God's displeasure. The insistence of his friends that his suffering must have been caused by sin reflects a mistaken judgment of him. Suffering comes even to the upright and to those whom God loves, so his afflictions are no proof that he has sinned.
God saw the end from the beginning and was working through Job's trial to accomplish what would glorify Himself. That same working was to give comfort and hope to thousands of suffering ones afterward. It was also to prove a blessing to Job himself.
Job 10:6 belongs to the extended discussion in Job 3-31 between Job and his three friends concerning the cause and object of human suffering. Within that larger debate it forms part of Job's reply to Bildad and of his account of his own affliction under the accusations brought against him.
In it Job speaks as one conscious of his own integrity yet unable to understand God's dealings with him, asking why God inquires after his iniquity and searches out his sin. He does so without charging God foolishly, even while pressing the mystery of his suffering.
His question does not mean that affliction proves sin or proves that he lies under God's displeasure. The insistence of his friends that his suffering must have been caused by sin reflects a mistaken judgment of him. Suffering comes even to the upright and to those whom God loves, so his afflictions are no proof that he has sinned.
God saw the end from the beginning and was working through Job's trial to accomplish what would glorify Himself. That same working was to give comfort and hope to thousands of suffering ones afterward. It was also to prove a blessing to Job himself.