Job 7:20 “If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why h…”

Job 7:20

If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You ?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

World English Bible

If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?

American Standard Version

If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue sinned, what shall I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe?

Darby Translation

Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?

Young's Literal Translation

I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself — and what?

Bible in Basic English

If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?

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Cross references

“I have sinned”

Job 9:29–31 Job 13:26 Job 14:16 Job 22:5 Job 31:33 Job 33:9

Job 9:29–31 · BSB

Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

Job 13:26 · BSB

For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.

Job 14:16 · BSB

For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

Job 22:5 · BSB

Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?

Job 31:33 · BSB

if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

Job 33:9 · BSB

‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.

“O thou preserver”

Psalm 36:6 Nehemiah 9:6

Psalm 36:6 · BSB

Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

Nehemiah 9:6 · BSB

You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships Yo…

“why hast”

Lamentations 3:12 Job 6:4 Job 16:12–14 Psalm 21:12 Job 7:12

Lamentations 3:12 · BSB

He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

Job 6:4 · BSB

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Job 16:12–14 · BSB

I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

Psalm 21:12 · BSB

For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.

Job 7:12 · BSB

Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

“I am”

Job 3:24 Job 7:11

Job 3:24 · BSB

I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

Job 7:11 · BSB

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Also

Job 35:6

Job 35:6 · BSB

If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

21Why 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.”

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