Parallel Verses
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?
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?
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?
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 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle? 20 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? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Cross References
Psalm 36:6
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Nehemiah 9:6
Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshipeth thee.
Job 3:24
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Job 7:11-12
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.
Job 9:29-31
If I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?
Job 13:26
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job 14:16
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Job 16:12-14
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Job 22:5
Is not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?
Job 31:33
If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom:
Job 33:9
I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
Job 33:27
He looketh upon men, and if any shall say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Job 35:6
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
Psalm 21:12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thy arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
Psalm 80:4
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?