Job 20:11
His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.
Young's Literal Translation
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 do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.
12Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,
Cross References
Job 13:26For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:
Job 19:20To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 25:7Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Ezekiel 24:13In thine uncleanness [is] wickedness, Because I have cleansed thee, And thou hast not been cleansed, From thine uncleanness thou art not cleansed again, Till I have caused My fury to rest on thee.
John 8:21therefore said Jesus again to them, 'I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to 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 →