Job 7:20

¹⁸ And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

¹⁹ How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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?

²¹ And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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 ?
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?
WEB: 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?
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?
DARBY: 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?
BLB: [If] I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You set me to [be] a target for You and [why] should I be a burden to [You]?

ÅB: Har jeg syndet, hva ondt gjorde jeg da mot deg, du menneskevokter? Hvorfor har du gjort meg til skive for deg, så jeg er meg selv til byrde?
OTB: Har jeg syndet? Hva har jeg gjort mot Deg,
Menneskehetens vokter?
Hvorfor har Du gjort meg til Ditt mål,
Slik at jeg er en byrde for meg selv?
B1930: Har jeg syndet, hvad ondt gjorde jeg da mot dig, du menneskevokter? Hvorfor har du gjort mig til skive for dig, så jeg er mig selv til byrde?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Lamentations 3:12
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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Psalms 36:6
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
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Job 3:24
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
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Job 7:11–12
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.
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Psalms 21:12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
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Job 16:12–14
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.
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Nehemiah 9:6
Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
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Job 33:9
I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
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