Parallel Verses
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 American Standard Bible
O
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 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?
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?
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 Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle? 20 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? 21 And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."
Cross References
Psalm 36:6
Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.
Lamentations 3:12
He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.
Nehemiah 9:6
You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, along with all their multitude of stars, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
Job 3:24
For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God's sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
Job 7:11-12
"Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 9:29-31
If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?
Job 13:26
For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.
Job 14:16
"Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.
Job 16:12-14
I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
Job 22:5
Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?
Job 31:33
if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,
Job 33:9
I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.
Job 33:27
That person sings to others, saying: 'I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
Job 35:6
If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?
Psalm 21:12
For you make them retreat when you shoot your arrows at them.
Psalm 80:4
O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you?