Job 7:20

I haue sinned, what shall I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe?

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

19Howe long will it be yer thou depart from me? thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallowe my spettle.

21And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.

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Cross References

Job 3:24For my sighing commeth before I eate, and my roarings are powred out like the water.

Job 7:11Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde.

Job 10:2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.

Job 13:26For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possesse the iniquities of my youth.

Job 16:12I was in welth, but he hath brought me to nought: he hath taken me by the necke, and beaten me, and set me as a marke for himselfe.

Job 31:33If I haue hid my sinne, as Adam, concealing mine iniquitie in my bosome,

Matthew Henry on Job 7:18-21

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 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? 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? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in… Read the whole commentary →

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