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Job 7:17-20
New International Version
Job 7:17-20
New International Version
17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
that you give them so much attention,(A)
18 that you examine them every morning(B)
and test them(C) every moment?(D)
19 Will you never look away from me,(E)
or let me alone even for an instant?(F)
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,(G)
you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?(H)
Have I become a burden to you?[a](I)
Footnotes
- Job 7:20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.
Job 7:17-20
King James Version
Job 7:17-20
King James Version
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?
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Job 7:17-20
New King James Version
Job 7:17-20
New King James Version
17 “What(A) is man, that You should exalt him,
That You should set Your heart on him,
18 That You should [a]visit him every morning,
And test him every moment?
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, (B)O watcher of men?
Why (C)have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden [b]to myself?
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