English Standard Version
Job 13:26
26For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For You write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“You write bitter accusations against me and bring up all the sins of my youth.
Context of Job 13:26
24Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy? 25Will you frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff? For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. 27You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; you set a limit for the soles of my feet. 28Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
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כִּֽי־תִכְתֹּ֣ב עָלַ֣י מְרֹר֑וֹת וְ֝תוֹרִישֵׁ֗נִי עֲוֹנ֥וֹת נְעוּרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:26
- Job 3:20"Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
- Ruth 1:20She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
- Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
- Job 20:11His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.
- Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
- Proverbs 5:11and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed,
- Jeremiah 31:19For after I had turned away, I relented, and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh; I was ashamed, and I was confounded, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.'
- John 5:5One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight 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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