Job 20:11
His bones, are full of youthful vigour, yet, with him—in the dust, shall it lie down.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 children, shall seek the favour of the poor, and, his own hand, shall give back his wealth.
12Though, a sweet taste in his mouth, be given by vice, though he hide it under his tongue;
Cross References
Job 13:26For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth;
Job 19:20Unto my skin and unto my flesh, have my bones cleaved, and I have escaped with the akin of my teeth.
Psalms 25:7The sins of my youth, and my transgressions, do not thou call to mind,—According to thine own lovingkindness, remember thou me, for the sake of thine own goodness, O Yahweh.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Ezekiel 24:13In thine uncleanness, is lewdness; be- cause I purified thee and thou wast not purified, from thine uncleanness, thou shalt not be purified any more, until I have let mine indignation rest upon thee.
John 8:21He said unto them again, therefore—I, go, and ye shall seek me,—and yet, in your sin, shall ye die: Whither, 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 →