Job 13:26
That thou writest bitter decrees against me, and assignest unto me the iniquities of my youth;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
In Context
25Wilt thou terrify a leaf driven about [by the wind]? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
Cross References
1 Kings 17:18And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O man of God? thou art come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son!
Job 20:11[Now] his bones are full of his youthful vigor; but it will [suddenly] lie down with him in the dust.
Psalms 88:3(88:4) For my soul is sated with troubles; and my life draweth nigh unto the nether world.
Jeremiah 31:19(31:18) Surely after my returning, I repent; and after I am made conscious [by punishment], I smite upon my thigh: I am ashamed, yea, I am confounded, because I bear the disgrace of my youth.”
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 →