Job 7:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You

Young's Literal Translation
I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself—and what?

King James Bible
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?

Hebrew
If I have sinned,
חָטָ֡אתִי (ḥā·ṭā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

what
מָ֤ה (māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have I done to You,
אֶפְעַ֨ל ׀ (’ep̄·‘al)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6466: To do, make, to practise

O Watcher
נֹצֵ֪ר (nō·ṣêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5341: To watch, guard, keep

of mankind?
הָאָ֫דָ֥ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

Why
לָ֤מָה (lā·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have You made me
שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי (śam·ta·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

Your target,
לְמִפְגָּ֣ע (lə·mip̄·gā‘)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4645: Something hit, a mark

so that I am
וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה (wā·’eh·yeh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a burden
לְמַשָּֽׂא׃ (lə·maś·śā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4853: A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire

to You?
עָלַ֣י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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