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Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked

Job 20:11

In 11 translations

BSB
The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
KJV
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
WEB
His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.
ASV
His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
LSV
His bones have been full of his youth, and it lies down with him on the dust.
YLT
His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.
DBY
His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
DRC
His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.
GNV
His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shall lie downe with him in the dust.
JPS
His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
LXXE
His bones have been filled with vigour of his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.

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  • Written (Ketiv): עֲלוּמוֹ (“youthful vigor his”). Read aloud (Qere): עֲלוּמָ֑יו (“youthful vigors his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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  • Leningrad Codex reads עֲלוּמָ֑ו; read aloud (Qere) reads עֲלוּמָ֑יו (“youthful vigors his”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו מָלְא֣וּ עלומו וְ֝עִמּ֗וֹ עַל־עָפָ֥ר תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃Read aloud as (qere): עֲלוּמָ֑יו
LXX-Br
Ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐνεπλήσθησαν νεότητος αὐτοῦ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ χώματος κοιμηθήσεται.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 13:26For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
  • Job 21:26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
  • Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
  • Ezekiel 24:13Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
  • Ezekiel 32:27They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty…
  • John 8:24That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
  • Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
  • Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
  • Proverbs 5:22–23The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him. He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
  • Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
  • Proverbs 5:11–13At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent, and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear…
  • John 8:21Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

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