JOB 7:20

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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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Job 7:20 Translation & Meaning

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I have sinned; חָטָ֡אתִי Properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn sinned
what מָ֤ה Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses what
shall I do אֶפְעַ֨ל׀ To do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise do
unto thee, O thou preserver נֹצֵ֪ר To guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.) O preserver
of men? הָ֫אָדָ֥ם Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) men
why לָ֤מָה Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses why
hast thou set שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) set
me as a mark לְמִפְגָּ֣ע An object of attack mark
against thee, so that I am וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) against am
a burden לְמַשָּֽׂא׃ A burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage burden
to עָלַ֣י Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications to
myself? עָלַ֣י Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications myself

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  • 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 the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.




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