Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Watcher of mankind?
Why have You made me Your target,
so that I have 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?
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?
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
or leave me alone long enough to swallow?
Watcher of mankind?
Why have You made me Your target,
so that I have become a burden to You?
and pardon my transgression?
For soon I will lie down in the grave.
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.
Cross References
Psalm 36:6
Your judgments, like the deepest sea.
Lord, You preserve man and beast.
Lamentations 3:12
and set me as the target for His arrow.
Nehemiah 9:6
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 of them,
and the heavenly host worships You.
Job 3:24
and my groans pour out like water.
Job 6:4
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
Job 7:11-12
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 9:29-31
why should I labor in vain?
Job 13:26
and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
Job 14:16
but would not take note
Job 16:12-14
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
Job 22:5
and aren’t your iniquities endless?
Job 31:33
by hiding my guilt in my heart,
Job 33:9
I am clean and have no guilt.
Job 33:27
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.
Job 35:6
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?
Psalm 21:12
when you aim your bow
Psalm 80:4
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers?