Job 7:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJob 7:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
חָטָ֡אתִי
châṭâʼ
H2398
to sin
מָ֤ה
mâh
H4100
what
אֶפְעַ֨ל
pâʻal
H6466
to do
לָךְ֮
נֹצֵ֪ר
nâtsar
H5341
to guard
הָאָ֫דָ֥ם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
לָ֤מָה
mâh
H4100
what
שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי
sûwm
H7760
to put
לְמִפְגָּ֣ע
miphgâʻ
H4645
target
לָ֑ךְ
וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
עָלַ֣י
ʻal
H5921
upon
לְמַשָּֽׂא
massâʼ
H4853
burden
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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?
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
I have sinned, what have I done to you, the one watching man? Why have you made me a target for you? Indeed, am I a burden to myself?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).