Job 13:26

For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.

27Thou hast put my feet in the stocks, and hast observed all my paths, and hast considered the steps of my feet:

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:18And she said to Elias: What have I to do with thee, thou man of God? art thou come to me that my iniquities should be remembered, and that thou shouldst kill my son?

Job 20:11His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.

Psalms 88:3Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.

Jeremiah 31:19For after thou didst convert me, I did penance: and after thou didst shew unto me, I struck my thigh: I am confounded and ashamed, because I have borne the reproach of my youth.

John 5:14Afterwards, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and saith to him: Behold thou art made whole: sin no more, lest some worse thing happen to thee.

Matthew Henry on Job 13:24-28

23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. 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. 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a… Read the whole commentary →

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