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iniquity

Meaning of “iniquity”

Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

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First occurrence: Genesis 15:16

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Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 4:8 · retained source text

Euen as I haue seene, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickednsse, reape the same.

1611 marginal noteProu. 22.8 ose 10.13.

Job 5:16
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 5:16 · retained source text

So the poore hath hope, and iniquitie stoppeth her mouth.

1611 marginal notePsal. 107.42.

Job 6:29
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 6:29 · retained source text

Returne, I pray you, let it not be iniquitie; yea returne againe: my righteousnesse is in it.

1611 marginal noteThat is, in this matter.

Job 6:30
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 6:30 · retained source text

Is there iniquitie in my tongue? cannot my taste discerne peruerse things?

1611 marginal noteHebr. my palate.

Job 7:21
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 7:21 · retained source text

And why doest thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquitie? for now shall I sleepe in the dust, and thou shalt seeke me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Job 10:6
That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 10:6 · retained source text

That thou enquirest after mine iniquitie, and searchest after my sinne?

Job 10:14
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 10:14 · retained source text

If I sinne, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquite me from mine iniquitie.

Job 11:6
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 11:6 · retained source text

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisedome, that they are double to that which is: know therefore that God exacteth of thee lesse then thine iniquitie deserueth.

Job 11:14
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 11:14 · retained source text

If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let not wickednes dwell in thy tabernacles.

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