Job 7:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 36:6 : 6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.
  • Lam 3:12 : 12 With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.
  • Ps 80:4 : 4 O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?
  • Neh 9:6 : 6 You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.
  • Job 3:24 : 24 In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.
  • Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
  • Job 7:11-12 : 11 So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry. 12 Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
  • Job 9:29-31 : 29 You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing? 30 If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap; 31 Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.
  • Job 13:26 : 26 For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years;
  • Job 14:16 : 16 For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.
  • Job 16:12-14 : 12 I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows. 13 His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth. 14 I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.
  • Job 22:5 : 5 Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.
  • Job 31:33 : 33 If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,
  • Job 33:9 : 9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:
  • Job 33:27 : 27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.
  • Job 35:6 : 6 If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?
  • Ps 21:12 : 12 Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

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    21 And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

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    14 That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:

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    19 How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

  • Job 10:6-7
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    6 That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

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  • Job 13:23-24
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    23 What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

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  • Job 7:11-12
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    11 So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

    12 Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?

  • Job 33:27
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    27 He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

  • Ps 7:3
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    3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

  • Ps 51:3-4
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    3 For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.

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  • Ps 38:18
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    18 I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.

  • Job 14:16-17
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    76%

    16 For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.

    17 My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.

  • Job 35:6
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    6 If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

  • Job 9:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28 I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

    29 You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

  • Job 34:32
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    9 I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;

  • Job 7:17
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    17 What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

  • Jer 2:35
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    35 And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.

  • Job 35:3
    74%

    3 What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

  • Prov 20:9
    74%

    9 Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

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    2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

  • Lam 1:22
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    22 Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

  • Job 21:4
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    4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

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    8 Then David said to God, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

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    26 For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years;

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    20 Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

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    19 Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.

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    4 I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.

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    73%

    6 For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

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    73%

    3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Job 13:19
    73%

    19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

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    7 If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

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    15 What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

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    1 I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.

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    5 I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

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    73%

    13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?

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    3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?

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    20 See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned in me; for I have been uncontrolled: outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.

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    72%

    14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

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    4 For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.