Job 20:11

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
bones	עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו Atz.mo.tav	H6106	a bone (as strong) · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
full	מָלְא֣וּ mal.'U	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
youth	עֲלוּמָ֑יו a.lu.mov	H5934	(only in plural as abstract) adolescence · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
down	תִּשְׁכָּֽב tish.Kav	H7901	to lie down (for rest · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
dust	עָפָ֥ר 'a.Far	H6083	dust (as powdered or gray) · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Job 13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job 21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Psalms 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Ezekiel 24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more,…
Ezekiel 32:27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they…
John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Job 19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Proverbs 5:11-13 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 20:10-22

The instances here given of the miserable condition of the wicked man in this world are expressed with great fulness and fluency of language, and the same thing returned to again and repeated in other words. Let us therefore reduce the particulars to their proper heads, and observe, I. What his wickedness is for which he is punished. 1. The lusts of the flesh, here called the sins of his youth (Job 20:11); for those are the sins which, at that age, people are most tempted to. The forbidden pleasures of sense are said to be sweet in his mouth (Job 20:12); he indulges himself in all the gratifications of the carnal appetite, and takes an inordinate complacency in them, as yielding the most agr…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 20:11

(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 17:16). with him--His sin had so pervaded his nature that it accompanies him to the grave: for eternity the sinner cannot get rid of it (Rev 22:11).

John Gill on Job 20:11

His bones are full of the sins of his youth,.... Man is born in sin, and is a transgressor from the womb; and the youthful age is addicted to many sins, as pride, passion, lust, luxury, intemperance, and uncleanness; and these are sometimes brought to mind, and men are convinced of them, and corrected for them, when more advanced in years; and if not stopped in them, and reformed from them, they are continued in an old age; and the effects of them are seen in bodily diseases, which a debauched life brings upon them, not only to the rottenness and consumption of their flesh, but to the putrefaction of their bones; though this may be understood of the whole body, the bones, the principal and s…

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The Church Fathers

"The fire of youth has penetrated his bones. He is proud of his strength.
— Augustine of Hippo, ANNOTATIONS ON THE BOOK OF JOB (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

"Their bones are full of marrow and will lie down in the dust with them." By the "marrow" that is inside the bones, the author signifies prosperity. That is, from his former prosperity he will pass to a profound abasement, so that he will not be inferior to the dead.
— Ishodad of Merv, COMMENTARY ON JOB 20:11

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Dictionary and topics

Afflictions · Sin produces — Sin produces
Afflictions And Adversities · .Sin produces — .Sin produces
Diseases · Sins of youth a cause of — Sins of youth a cause of
Hypocrisy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Sin · Leads to: Disease — Leads to: Disease
Worldliness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Job 20:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 20:10-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 20:11

John Gill on Job 20:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Job 20:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Job 20:10-22

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 20:11

John Gill on Job 20:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Job 20:6-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 20:10

Rashi on Job 20:11