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Job 7:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself? "
Job 7:20
Verse in Context
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18 that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
19 How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
20 If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
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Job 7:1
"“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?"
Job 7:2
"As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,"
Job 7:3
"so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me."
Job 7:4
"When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day."
Job 7:5
"My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh."
Job 7:6
"My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope."
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