Job 20:11

Job 20:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
• New International Version (NIV)The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it will lie down with him in the dust.

Context of Job 20:11

9The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more. 10His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth. His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust. 12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth [and] he hide it under his tongue, 13[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,

Job 20:11 word by word

עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו מָלְא֣וּ עֲלוּמָ֑יו וְ֝עִמּ֗וֹ עַל־עָפָ֥ר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃Read the interlinear

• bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• fullמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083

Cross-references for Job 20:11

• Job 13:26For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;
• Job 19:20My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
• Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy loving-kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, Jehovah.
• Proverbs 5:11and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
• Ezekiel 32:27And they lie not with the mighty, [that are] fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war; and whose swords are laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
• Job 21:26Together they lie down in the dust, and the worms cover them.
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away by his evil-doing; but the righteous trusteth, [even] in his death.
• Ezekiel 24:13In thy filthiness is lewdness, for I have purged thee, and thou art not pure. Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee.
• John 8:21He said therefore again to them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin; where I go ye cannot come.
• Acts 1:25to receive the lot of this service and apostleship, from which Judas transgressing fell to go to his own place.

Commentaries on Job 20:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11His bones are full of the sin of his youth - Our translators have followed the Vulgate, Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiae ejus; "his bones shall be filled with the sins of his youth." The Syriac and Arabic have, his bones are full of marrow; and the Targum is to the same sense. At first view it might appear that Zophar refers to those infirmities in old age, which are the consequences of youthful vices and irregularities. עלומו alumau, which we…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11His bones are full of the sin of his youth - The words “of the sin” in our common translation are supplied by the translators. Gesenius and Noyes suppose that the Hebrew means, “His bones are full of youth;” that is, full of vigor and strength, and the idea according to this would be, that he would be cut off in the fulness of his strength. Dr. Good renders it forcibly, “His secret lusts shall follow his bones, Yea, they shall press upon him in the dust.”…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hiding it and keeping it under his tongue, denotes concealment of his beloved lust, and delight therein. But He who knows what is in the heart, knows what is under the tongue, and will discover it. The love of the world, and of the wealth of it, also is wickedness, and man sets his heart upon these…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. (Psa 25:7), so Vulgate. Gesenius has "full of youth"; namely, in the fulness of his youthful strength he shall be laid in the dust. But "bones" plainly alludes to Job's disease, probably to Job's own words (Job 19:20). Umbreit translates, "full of his secret sins," as in Psa 90:8; his secret guilt in his time of seeming righteousness, like secret poison, at last lays him in the dust. The English Version is best. Zophar alludes to Job's own words (Job…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 20:11

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Children
• Death
• Hypocrisy
• Sin
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

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• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings