English Standard Version
Job 20:11
11His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it will lie down with him in the dust.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Though they are young, their bones will lie in the dust.
Context of Job 20:11
9The eye that saw him will see him no more, nor will his place any more behold him. 10His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth. His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust. 12"Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, 13though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth,
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עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו מָלְא֣וּ עֲלוּמָ֑יו וְ֝עִמּ֗וֹ עַל־עָפָ֥ר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 20:11
- Job 13:26For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
- Job 19:20My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
- 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,
- Ezekiel 32:27And they do not lie with the mighty, the fallen from among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones; for the terror of the mighty men was in the land of the living.
- Job 21:26They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
- Ezekiel 24:13On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed anymore till I have satisfied my fury upon you.
- John 8:21So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."
- Acts 1:25to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside 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
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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
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