Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For you write down bitter things against me and make me reap the sins of my youth. New Living Translation “You write bitter accusations against me and bring up all the sins of my youth. English Standard Version For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. Berean Standard Bible For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth. King James Bible For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. New King James Version For You write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. New American Standard Bible “For You write bitter things against me And make me inherit the guilty deeds of my youth. NASB 1995 “For You write bitter things against me And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth. NASB 1977 “For Thou dost write bitter things against me, And dost make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth. Legacy Standard Bible For You write bitter things against me And make me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Amplified Bible “For You write bitter things against me [in Your indictment] And make me inherit and suffer for the iniquities of my youth. Christian Standard Bible For you record bitter accusations against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. Holman Christian Standard Bible For You record bitter accusations against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. American Standard Version For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth: Aramaic Bible in Plain English For you have written instruction against me, and you remind me of the sin debts of my youth Brenton Septuagint Translation for thou hast written evil things against me, and thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth. Contemporary English Version Why do you accuse me of horrible crimes and make me pay for sins I did in my youth? Douay-Rheims Bible For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth. English Revised Version For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth: GOD'S WORD® Translation You write down bitter accusations against me. You make me suffer for the sins of my youth. Good News Translation You bring bitter charges against me, even for what I did when I was young. International Standard Version You've accused me of bitter things; you've caused me to reap the sins of my youth. JPS Tanakh 1917 That Thou shouldest write bitter things against me, And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth. Literal Standard Version For You write bitter things against me, | And cause me to possess iniquities of my youth, Majority Standard Bible For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth. New American Bible For you draw up bitter indictments against me, and punish in me the faults of my youth. NET Bible For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth. New Revised Standard Version For you write bitter things against me, and make me reap the iniquities of my youth. New Heart English Bible For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth: Webster's Bible Translation For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. World English Bible For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. Young's Literal Translation For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Reproves His Friends…25Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? 26For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth. 27You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.… Cross References Job 9:18 He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness. Psalm 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD. Treasury of Scripture For you write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the iniquities of my youth. writest Job 3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Ruth 1:20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. Psalm 88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. makest Job 20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. Psalm 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. Proverbs 5:11-13 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, … Jump to Previous Bitter Causest Early Inherit Iniquities Makest Possess Punishment Record Shouldest Sins Write Writest YouthJump to Next Bitter Causest Early Inherit Iniquities Makest Possess Punishment Record Shouldest Sins Write Writest YouthJob 13 1. Job reproves his friends for partiality14. He professes his confidence in God; 19. and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him (26) For thou writest bitter things against me.--Exquisitely plaintive and affecting is this confession.Verse 26. - For thou writest bitter things against me. The allusion seems to be to the ordinary practice in ancient law-courts of formulating a written acte d'accusation against supposed criminals. Keeping up the imagery of a court and pleadings, Job represents God as engaged in drawing up such a document against him. The "bitter things" are the charges which the acts contains. And makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. Job, like David, has to acknowledge "sins and offences" committed in his youth (Psalm 25:6). In considering what the indictment against him can be, he can only suppose that these old and long-forsaken sins are being remembered and brought up against him, and that he is being punished for them. He does not exclaim against this as injustice; he feels probably that there is no statute of limitations respecting sins and their punishment; but it can scarcely have seemed to him consistent with God's goodness and mercifulness that the offences of his immature age should be visited upon him so bitterly. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction You record תִכְתֹּ֣ב (ṯiḵ·tōḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3789: To grave, to write bitter accusations מְרֹר֑וֹת (mə·rō·rō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4846: Bitterness, a bitter thing, bile, venom against me עָלַ֣י (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against and bequeath to me וְ֝תוֹרִישֵׁ֗נִי (wə·ṯō·w·rî·šê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin the iniquities עֲוֺנ֥וֹת (‘ă·wō·nō·wṯ) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity of my youth. נְעוּרָֽי׃ (nə·‘ū·rāy) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 5271: Youth, the state, the persons Links Job 13:26 NIVJob 13:26 NLT Job 13:26 ESV Job 13:26 NASB Job 13:26 KJV Job 13:26 BibleApps.com Job 13:26 Biblia Paralela Job 13:26 Chinese Bible Job 13:26 French Bible Job 13:26 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 13:26 For you write bitter things against me (Jb) |
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