Parallel Verses
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 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?
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
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 7:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Don'T Forget!
19 Why goest thou not from me, nor lettest me alone, so long till I swallow down my spittle? 20 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? 21 Why dost thou not forgive my sin? Wherefore takest thou not away my wickedness? Behold, now must I sleep in the dust: And if thou seekest me tomorrow in the morning, I shall be gone."
Cross References
Psalm 36:6
Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains; thy judgments are like the great deep. Thou, LORD, shalt save both man and beast.
Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bow, and made me as it were a mark to shoot at.
Nehemiah 9:6
LORD, thou alone hast made heaven, and the heaven of all heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the sea and all that is therein: thou givest life unto all, and the host of heaven bow themselves unto thee.
Job 3:24
For my sighs come before I eat, and my roarings fall out like flowing water.
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the almighty are in me, whose indignation hath drunk up my spirit, and the terrible fears of God fight against me.
Job 7:11-12
Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speak in the trouble of my spirit; in that bitterness of my mind will I talk.
Job 9:29-31
If I be then a wicked doer, why have I laboured in vain?
Job 13:26
For thou layest sharply to my charge, and punisheth me, for the sins of my youth.
Job 14:16
"For thou hast numbered all my goings, yet be not thou too extreme upon my sins.
Job 16:12-14
I was some time in wealth, but suddenly hath he brought me to naught. He hath taken me by the neck, he hath rent me, and set me, as it were a mark for him to shoot at.
Job 22:5
Is not thy wickedness great, and thine ungracious deeds innumerable?
Job 31:33
"Have I kept secret my sin, and hid mine iniquity as Adam did?
Job 33:9
'I am clean without any fault, I am innocent, and there is no wickedness in me.
Job 33:27
Such a respect hath he unto men. Therefore let a man confess, and say, 'I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I did unrighteously nevertheless he hath not recompensed me thereafter.
Job 35:6
If thou sinnest, what doest thou unto him? If thine offenses be many, how gettest thou his favour?
Psalm 21:12
Therefore shalt thou put them to flight, and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them.
Psalm 80:4
O LORD God of Hosts, how long wilt thou be angry over the prayer of thy people?