Job 7:20 - Revised Standard Version If I sin, what do I do to thee, thou watcher of men? Why hast thou made me thy mark? Why have I become a burden to thee? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done You, O You Watcher and Keeper of men? Why have You set me as a mark for You, so that I am a burden to myself [and You]? American Standard Version (1901) 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? Common English Bible If I sinned, what did I do to you, guardian of people? Why have you made me your target so that I’m a burden to myself? Catholic Public Domain Version I have sinned; what should I do for you, O keeper of men? Why have you set me against you, so that I have become burdensome even to myself? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have sinned. What shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? Why hast thou set me opposite to thee, and I am become burdensome to myself? |
And Ezra said: “Thou art the Lord, thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and thou preservest all of them; and the host of heaven worships thee.
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why thou dost contend against me.
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
For then thou wouldest number my steps, thou wouldest not keep watch over my sin;
For my sighing comes as my bread, and my groanings are poured out like water.
if I have concealed my transgressions from men, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
and he sings before men, and says: ‘I sinned, and perverted what was right, and it was not requited to me.
You say, ‘I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.
Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God, thy judgments are like the great deep; man and beast thou savest, O Lord.
O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry with thy people's prayers?