Job 7:20
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?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.
Cross References
Job 3:24For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings.
Job 7:11Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:2I say unto God, 'Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me.
Job 13:26For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:
Job 16:12At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.
Job 31:33If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,
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 →