New Living Translation
Job 13:26
26“You write bitter accusations against me and bring up all the sins 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.
- 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 turn away from me? Why do you treat me as your enemy? 25Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind? Would you chase dry straw? “You write bitter accusations against me and bring up all the sins of my youth. 27You put my feet in stocks. You examine all my paths. You trace all my footprints. 28I waste away like rotting wood, like a moth-eaten coat.
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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“Oh, why give light to those in misery, and life to those who are bitter?
- Ruth 1:20“Don’t call me Naomi,” she responded. “Instead, call me Mara, for the Almighty has made life very bitter for me.
- Psalms 88:3For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.
- Job 20:11Though they are young, their bones will lie in the dust.
- Psalms 25:7Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth. Remember me in the light of your unfailing love, for you are merciful, O Lord.
- Proverbs 5:11In the end you will groan in anguish when disease consumes your body.
- Jeremiah 31:19I turned away from God, but then I was sorry. I kicked myself for my stupidity! I was thoroughly ashamed of all I did in my younger days.’
- John 5:5One of the men lying there had been sick 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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