Job 7:19-21
Christian Standard Bible
19 Will you ever look away from me,
or leave me alone long enough to swallow?[a]
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
Watcher of humanity?
Why have you made me your target,(A)
so that I have become a burden to you?[b]
21 Why not forgive my sin
and pardon my iniquity?(B)
For soon I will lie down in the grave.(C)
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.(D)
Job 7:19-21
New King James Version
19 How long?
Will You not look away from me,
And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
20 Have I sinned?
What have I done to You, (A)O watcher of men?
Why (B)have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden [a]to myself?
21 Why then do You not pardon my transgression,
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust,
And You will seek me diligently,
But I will no longer be.”
Footnotes
- Job 7:20 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Jewish tradition to You
Job 7:19-21
English Standard Version
19 How long will you not (A)look away from me,
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
20 If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me (B)your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?
21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in (C)the earth;
you will (D)seek me, (E)but I shall not be.”
Job 7:19-21
King James Version
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 my 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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