Job 13 · Verse 26

Job 13:26

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job 13:26, King James Version

Job 13:26 in other translations

BSBFor You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
WEBFor you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
ASVFor thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
YLTFor Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:
DARBYFor thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;
BBEFor you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years;
WebsterFor thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

What does Job 13:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 Thou 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 13:23-28

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…

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Job 13:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
תִכְתֹּ֣בtikh.Toyou writeH3789
עָלַ֣י'a.Laion meH5921
מְרֹר֑וֹתme.ro.Rotbitter thingsH4846
וְ֝תוֹרִישֵׁ֗נִיve.to.ri.She.niand you cause to inherit meH3423
עֲוֹנ֥וֹתa.vo.Not[the] iniquities ofH5771
נְעוּרָֽי\׃ne.'u.Raiyouth<s> myH5271

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 13:26

  • 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.

  • John 5:14

    Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

  • Job 20:11

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

  • Jeremiah 31:19

    Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

  • Job 3:20

    Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

  • Proverbs 5:11-13

    And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

  • John 5:5

    And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

  • Ruth 1:20

    And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

  • Psalms 88:3-18

    For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
writest.
3:20; Ru 1:20; Ps 88:3-18
makest.
20:11; Ps 25:7; Pr 5:11-13; Jer 31:19; Joh 5:5,14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 13:25

    Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

  • Job 13:26

    For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

  • Job 13:27

    Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

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Job 13:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Por qué escribes contra mí amarguras, y me haces cargo de los pecados de mi mocedad?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car tu écris des choses amères contre moi, et tu me fais hériter des iniquités de ma jeunesse;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn Bitteres verhängst du über mich, und lässest mich erben die Missetaten meiner Jugend;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		scribis enim contra me amaritudines, et consumere me vis peccatis adolescentiæ meæ.