Job 20 · Verse 11

Job 20:11

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job 20:11, King James Version

Job 20:11 in other translations

BSBThe youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
WEBHis bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.
ASVHis bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
YLTHis bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.
DARBYHis bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
BBEHis bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.
WebsterHis bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

What does Job 20:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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 (Re 22:11).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 His 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 translate his youth, may be rendered his hidden things; as if he had said, his secret vices bring down his strength to the dust. For this rendering Rosenmuller contends, and several other German critics. Mr. Good contends for the same.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 20:10-22

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…

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Job 20:11 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.

עַ֭צְמוֹתָיוAtz.mo.tavbones hisH6106
מָלְא֣וּmal.'Uthey were fullH4390
עֲלוּמָ֑יוa.lu.movyouthful vigor<s> hisH5934
וְ֝עִמּ֗וֹve.'i.Moand with himH5973
עַל\־'al-onH5921
עָפָ֥ר'a.Far[the] dustH6083
תִּשְׁכָּֽב\׃tish.Kavit will lie downH7901

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

Cross references for Job 20:11

  • Job 13:26

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

  • 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.

  • Job 21:26

    They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

  • 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 have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

  • 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, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

  • 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.

  • Acts 1:25

    That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

  • Proverbs 5:22-23

    His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • 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!

  • Proverbs 14:32

    The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • John 8:21

    Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
bones.
13:26; 19:20; Ps 25:7; Pr 5:11-13,22,23; Eze 32:27
which shall lie.
21:26; Pr 14:32; Eze 24:13; Joh 8:21,24; Ac 1:25

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Context

  • Job 20:10

    His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

  • Job 20:11

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

  • Job 20:12

    Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

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Job 20:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sus huesos están llenos de sus mocedades, y con él serán sepultados en el polvo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ses os étaient pleins de sa jeunesse: elle se couchera avec lui sur la poussière.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Seine Knochen waren voll seiner Jugendkraft, und sie liegt mit ihm in dem Staube. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ ejus, et cum eo in pulvere dormient.