Job 13:26
For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
In Context
25A driven leaf, wilt thou cause to tremble? Or, dry stubble, wilt thou pursue?
Cross References
1 Kings 17:18Then said she unto Elijah, What have I in common with thee, O man of God? Hast thou come unto me, to call to remembrance mine iniquity, and to cause the death of my son?
Job 20:11His bones, are full of youthful vigour, yet, with him—in the dust, shall it lie down.
Psalms 88:3For my soul, is sated with misfortunes, And, my life—unto Hades, hath drawn near;
Jeremiah 31:19Surely after my return, I was filled with regret, And after I came to know myself, I smote upon the thigh,—I turned pale and was even confounded For I had borne the reproach of my youthful days.
John 5:14After these things, Jesus findeth him, in the temple, and said unto him—See! thou hast become, well:—No more, be committing sin, lest, some worse thing, do thee befall.
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 →