Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
My punishment is greater than I can bear - The margin reads, Mine iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven. The original words, gadol avoni minneso , may be translated, Is my crime too great to be forgiven? words which we may presume he uttered on the verge of black despair. It is most probable that avon signifies rather the crime than the punishment; in this sense it is used Leviticus 26:41, Leviticus 26:43 I Samuel 28:10; II Kings 7:9; and nasa signifies to remit or forgive. The marginal reading is, therefore, to be preferred to that in the text.
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