Job 20:11
His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
In Context
10His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
Cross References
Job 13:26For thou write bitter things against me, and make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.
Job 19:20My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. According to thy loving kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take a wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
Ezekiel 24:13In thy filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed thee and thou were not cleansed, thou shall not be cleansed from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my wrath toward thee to rest.
John 8:21Jesus therefore again said to them, I go, and ye will seek me, and ye will die in your sin. Where I go, ye cannot come.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:11-23
Misery of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:… Read the whole commentary →