Job 7:20 BSB — MannaFest

Job 7:20

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?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book VIII (604)

I have sinned; what shall I do unto Thee, O Thou Preserver of men? Observe how he confesses the ill that he has done, but the good that he should present to God in compensation, he no where can find, in that all virtue whatever of human practice is without power to wash out the guilt of sin, except His mercifulness in sparing foster it, and not His justice in judging press hard upon it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(1.) He ingenuously owns himself guilty before God: I have sinned. God had said of him that he was a perfect and an upright man; yet he says of himself, I have sinned. Those may be upright who yet are not sinless; and those who are sincerely penitent are accepted, through a Mediator, as evangelically perfect.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I have sinned; what shall I do - Dr. Kennicott contends that these words are spoken to Eliphaz, and not to God, and would paraphrase them thus: “You say I must have been a sinner. What then? I have not sinned against thee, O thou spy upon mankind! Why hast thou set up me as a butt or mark to shoot at? Why am I become a burden unto thee? Why not rather overlook my transgression, and pass by mine iniquity? I am now sinking to the dust!

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
חָטָ֡אתִי	cha.Ta.ti	I have sinned	H2398 →
מָ֤ה	mah	what?	H4100 →
אֶפְעַ֨ל׀	'ef.'Al	do I do	H6466 →
לָךְ֮	loKh	to you
נֹצֵ֪ר	no.Tzer	O watcher of	H5341 →
הָאָ֫דָ֥ם	ha.'A.Dam	<the> humankind	H120 →
לָ֤מָה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי	sam.Ta.ni	have you set me	H7760 →
לְמִפְגָּ֣ע	le.mif.Ga'	to a target	H4645 →
לָ֑ךְ	Lakh	of you
וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה	va.'eh.Yeh	and I have become	H1961 →
עָלַ֣י	'a.Lai	on myself	H5921 →
לְמַשָּֽׂא׃	le.ma.Sa'	<into> a burden	H4853 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 13:26
For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
leads to
- Psalms 25:7
  Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
Through
Job 3:24
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
leads to
- Psalms 102:9
  For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
- Psalms 80:5
  You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
- Psalms 42:3–4
  My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Through
Psalms 36:6
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
leads to
- Romans 11:33
  O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Isaiah 40:28
  Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching…
- Psalms 77:19
  Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
Through
Lamentations 3:12
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
leads to
- Psalms 38:2
  For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job