Job 13:26

What does Job 13:26 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 13:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.25Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

v.26This passage

v.27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 25:7

    Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness’ sake, O Jehovah.

  • Ruth 1:20

    And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

  • Proverbs 5:11

    And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

  • John 5:5

    And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

  • Psalms 88:3

    For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

  • John 5:14

    Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.

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