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?
KJV
Peccavi ; quid faciam tibi, o custos hominum ? quare posuisti me contrarium tibi, et factus sum mihimetipsi gravis ?
Vulgate
εἰ ἐγὼ ἥμαρτον, τί δυνήσομαι πρᾶξαι, ὁ ἐπιστάμενος τὸν νοῦν τῶν ἀνθρώπων; διὰ τί ἔθου με κατεντευκτήν σου, εἰμὶ δὲ ἐπὶ σοὶ φορτίον;
LXX
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?
ASV
חָטָ֡אתִי מָ֤ה אֶפְעַ֨ל לָ/ךְ֮ נֹצֵ֪ר הָ/אָ֫דָ֥ם לָ֤/מָה שַׂמְתַּ֣/נִי לְ/מִפְגָּ֣ע לָ֑/ךְ וָ/אֶהְיֶ֖ה עָלַ֣/י לְ/מַשָּֽׂא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
- Job 3:24 — For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
- Job 7:11 — 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 16:12 — 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 19:6 — Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
- Job 33:27 — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
- Lam 3:12 — He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
- Lam 3:12 — He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
- Ps 36:6 — Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.