Job 7:20

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?

I have sinned {H2398}; what shall I do {H6466} unto thee, O thou preserver {H5341} of men {H120}? why hast thou set {H7760} me as a mark {H4645} against thee, so that I am a burden {H4853} to myself?

"Suppose I do sin - how do I harm you, you scrutinizer of humanity? Why have you made me your target, so that I am a burden to you?

If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?

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?

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Lamentations 3:12 (6 votes)

    He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

  • Job 3:24 (3 votes)

    For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

  • Job 7:11 (3 votes)

    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 7:12 (3 votes)

    [Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

  • Psalms 36:6 (3 votes)

    Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

  • Psalms 80:4 (2 votes)

    O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

  • Job 33:9 (2 votes)

    I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.