Job 20:11

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.”

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BSBPD

“The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 20:11 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 13:26For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
  2. Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
  3. Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
  4. Job 21:26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
  5. 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.
  6. Proverbs 5:11At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
  7. Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
  8. Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
  9. 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.
  10. 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 was once in the land of the living.
  11. 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.”
  12. 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.”
  13. Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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