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Job 13:26
26You write down things to accuse me. You punish me for the sins I did when I was young.
Job 13:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
- New International Version (NIV)For you write down bitter things against me and make me reap the sins of my youth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For You write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
Context of Job 13:26
24Why do you hide yourself from me? Why do you think that I am your enemy? 25I am as weak as a leaf that the wind can blow away. But you still want to frighten me. I am as useless as chaff, but you still attack me. You write down things to accuse me. You punish me for the sins I did when I was young. 27You tie my feet with chains. You watch me carefully wherever I go. You put marks on my feet. 28So my life is slowly disappearing. It is like a coat that moths are eating.
Read all of Job 13Job 13:26 word by word
כִּֽי־תִכְתֹּ֣ב עָלַ֣י מְרֹר֑וֹת וְ֝תוֹרִישֵׁ֗נִי עֲוֹנ֥וֹת נְעוּרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:26
- Job 3:20I am suffering very much. Why does God let me wake up each day? I am very upset, so why does God continue to let me live?
- Ruth 1:20Naomi said to them, ‘Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara, instead. The Almighty God has made my life very sad.
- Psalms 88:3There is a lot of trouble in my life. I feel that I am near to death.
- Job 20:11He still had the strength of a young man. But his strength will die with him when he lies in his grave.
- Psalms 25:7Do not punish me for the sins that I did long ago. When I was young, I turned against you. Please be kind to me, because of your faithful love!
- Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life, you will weep with pain. Your body will be sick and weak.
- Jeremiah 31:19After we turned away from you, we were sorry that we had done that. We understood what we had done, and we showed that we were sad. We were ashamed and upset, because of the disgusting things that we did when we were young.”
- John 5:5One man who was lying there had been ill for 38 years.
Commentaries on Job 13:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Thou writest bitter things against me - The indictment is filled with bitter or grievous charges, which, if proved, would bring me to bitter punishment. The iniquities of my youth - The Levities and indiscretions of my youth I acknowledge; but is this a ground on which to form charges against a man the integrity of whose life is unimpeachable?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26For thou writest bitter things against me - Charges or accusations of severity. We use the word “bitter” now in a somewhat similar sense. We speak of bitter sorrow, bitter cold, etc. The language here is all taken from courts of justice, and Job is carrying cut the train of thought on which he had entered in regard to a trial before God. He says that the accusations which God had brought against him were of a bitter and severe character; charging him with…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 Job begs to have his sins discovered to him. A true penitent is willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know what our transgressions are, that we may confess them, and guard against them for the future. Job complains sorrowfully of God's severe dealings with him. Time does not wear out the guilt of sin. When God writes bitter things against us, his design is to make us bring forgotten sins to mind, and so to bring us…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. writest--a judicial phrase, to note down the determined punishment. The sentence of the condemned used to be written down (Is 10:1; Jr 22:30; Psa 149:9) [Umbreit]. bitter things--bitter punishments. makest me to possess--or "inherit." In old age he receives possession of the inheritance of sin thoughtlessly acquired in youth. "To inherit sins" is to inherit the punishments inseparably connected with them in Hebrew ideas (Psa 25:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 13
- 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
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