Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
I have sinned. What shall I do to You, O Watcher of men? Why have You set me as a target for You, so that I am a burden to myself?
New American Standard Bible
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Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?
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?
Holman Bible
Watcher of mankind?
Why have You made me Your target,
so that I have become a burden to You?
International Standard Version
So what if I sin? What have I done against you, you observer of humankind? Why have you made me your target? Why burden yourself with me?
A Conservative Version
If I have sinned, what do I do to thee, O thou watcher of men? Why have thou set me as a mark for thee, 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?
Amplified
“If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done to You,
O Watcher of mankind?
Why have You set me as a target for You,
So that I am a burden to myself?
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?
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?
Julia Smith Translation
I sinned; what shall I do to thee, guarding men? wherefore didst thou set me for an assault to thee, and I shall be upon myself for a burden?
King James 2000
I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O you preserver of men? why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[If] I have sinned, what have I done to you, watcher of humanity? Why have you made me as a target for yourself, so that I have become a burden to myself?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I have offended; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou made me to stand in thy way, and am so heavy a burden unto myself?
NET Bible
If I have sinned -- what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?
New Heart 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?
The Emphasized Bible
I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden?
Webster
I have sinned; what shall I do to 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?
Youngs 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?
Interlinear
Chata'
Natsar
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Don'T Forget!
19 Until when will You look away from me, nor let me alone until I swallow down my spittle? 20 I have sinned. What shall I do to You, O Watcher of men? Why have You set me as a target for You, so that I am a burden to myself? 21 And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust, and You shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Cross References
Psalm 36:6
Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O Jehovah, You keep man and beast.
Lamentations 3:12
He has bent His bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Nehemiah 9:6
You, even You, are Jehovah alone. You have made the heavens, heaven of the heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things on it, the seas, and all in them, and You preserve them all. And the host of the heavens worships You.
Job 3:24
For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their fury is drinking my spirit; the terrors of God are set against me.
Job 7:11-12
Therefore I will not hold my mouth; I will speak in the trouble of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 9:29-31
I have been condemned; why then should I labor in vain?
Job 13:26
For You write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the sins of my youth.
Job 14:16
For now You number my steps; do You not watch over my sin?
Job 16:12-14
I was at ease, but He has broken me in pieces; yea, He has also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for His mark.
Job 22:5
Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquity without measure?
Job 31:33
If I covered my transgressions like Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
Job 33:9
You said, I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and no iniquity is in me;
Job 33:27
He will observe to men, and say, I have sinned and perverted righteousness; and it was not equally repaid to me,
Job 35:6
If you sin, what do you do against Him? Or if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him?
Psalm 21:12
For You shall make them turn the back; You shall make ready Your arrows on Your strings against their faces.
Psalm 80:4
O Jehovah, the God of Hosts, how long will You be angry against the prayer of Your people?