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?
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. Job addresses God directly, lamenting that human life is like forced labor with no relief. He describes his sleepless nights, wasting body, and asks God why he targets one so frail. His questions — 'What is man that you make …
Other Translations
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?
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?
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?
Cross References
Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, …
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God …
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in …
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken …