Job 20:11

_HIS BONES ARE FULL OF THE SIN OF HIS YOUTH, WHICH SHALL LIE DOWN WITH HIM IN THE DUST._ (Psalms 25:7); so the Vulgate. Gesenius has 'full of youth'-namely, in the fullness of his youthful strength he shall be laid in the dust. But "bones" plainly alludes to Job's diseases, probably to Job's own words (Job 19:20). Umbreit translates [`ªluwmaaw], instead, of "youth," 'full of his secret sins.' as in Psalms 90:8; his secret guilt in his time of seeming righteousness, like secret poison, at last lays him in the dust. The English version is best, Zophar alludes to Job's own words (Job 17:16), "Our rest together is in the dust." With

10-22 The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hiding it and keeping it under his tongue, denotes concealment of his beloved lust, and delight therein. But He who knows what is in the heart, knows what is under the tongue, and will discover it. The love of the world, and of the wealth of it, also is wickedness, and man sets his heart upon these. Also violence and injustice, these sins bring God's judgments upon nations and families. Observe the punishment of the wicked man for these things. Sin is turned into gall, than which nothing is more bitter; it will prove to him poison; so will all unlawful gains be. In his fulness he shall be in straits, through the anxieties of his own mind. To be led by the sanctifying grace of God to restore what was unjustly gotten, as Zaccheus was, is a gre...

Verse Job 20:11. _HIS BONES ARE FULL_ OF THE SIN _OF HIS YOUTH_] Our translators have followed the VULGATE, _Ossa ejus implebuntur_ _vitiis adolescentiae ejus_; "his bones shall be filled with the sins of his youth." The SYRIAC and ARABIC have, _his bones are full_ _of marrow_; and the TARGUM is to the same sense. At first view it might appear that Zophar refers to those infirmities in old age, which are the consequences of youthful vices and irregularities. עלומו _alumau_, which we translate _his youth_, may be rendered _his_ _hidden things_; as if he had said, _his secret vices_ bring down his strength to the dust. For this rendering _Rosenmuller_ contends, and several other German critics. Mr. _Good_ contends for the same....

HIS BONES ARE FULL OF THE SIN OF HIS YOUTH - The words “of the sin” in our common translation are supplied by the translators. Gesenius and Noyes suppose that the Hebrew means, “His bones are full of youth;” that is, full of vigor and strength, and the idea according to this would be, that he would be cut off in the fulness of his strength. Dr. Good renders it forcibly, “His secret lusts shall follow his bones, Yea, they shall press upon him in the dust.” The Vulgate renders it, “His bones are full of the sins of his youth.” The Septuagint, “His bones are full of his youth.” The Chaldee Paraphrase, “His bones are full of his strength.” The Hebrew literally is, “His bones are full of his secret things” (עלוּמו _‛__âlûmāŷ_) - referring, as I suppose, to th

EXPOSITION JOB 20:1 Zophar's second speech is even more harsh than his first (Job 11:1.). He adds coarseness and rudeness to his former vehement hostility (Job 20:7, Job 20:15). His whole discourse is a covert denunciation of Job as a wicked man and a hypocrite (verses 5, 12, 19, 29), deservedly punished by God for a life of crime. He ends by prophesying Job's violent death, the destruction of his house, and the rising up of heaven and earth in witness against him (verses 24-28). JOB 20:1,...

HIS BONES ARE FULL [OF THE SINS] OF HIS YOUTH,.... Man is born in sin, and is a transgressor from the womb; and the youthful age is addicted to many sins, as pride, passion, lust, luxury, intemperance, and uncleanness; and these are sometimes brought to mind, and men are convinced of them, and corrected for them, when more advanced in years; and if not stopped in them, and reformed from them, they are continued in an old age; and the effects of them are seen in bodily diseases, which a debauched life brings upon them, not only to the rottenness and consumption of their flesh, but to the putrefaction of their bones; though this may be understood of the whole body, the bones, the principal and stronger parts, being put for the whole, and denote that general decay and waste which gluttony, drunkenness, and uncleanness, bring into, see Proverbs 5:11; Some interpret this of "secret" sins p, a...

CHAPTER 20 THE SECOND ADDRESS OF ZOPHAR _ 1. Zophar's swift reply (Job 20:1)_ 2. Another description of the life and fate of the wicked (Job 20:4) Job 20:1. Zophar, the twitterer, begins his reply to Job with impatient haste. Job's words, probably those found in chapter 19:2-3, and the last two verses, have made him angry. He boils over with indignation. He is ready now to confirm the testimony already given and wound the suffering servant of God still more. Job 20:4. He follows the same path and there is again nothing new in his argument. The description of the wicked is great; no fault can be found with what he says about those who

JOB 20. SECOND SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. Zophar helps the return to the wider problem by appearing once more with a strong doctrine as to the shortness of the prosperity of the wicked. His theme is, Sin brings its own reward. JOB 20:1. Zophar replies to Job's exasperating words (Job 19:1). In Job 20:2 b _mg._ is probably to be followed. In Job 20:3 b Duhm, on the basis of LXX, reads, and with wind void of understanding thou answerest me. JOB 20:4. The portion of the wicked. How short is his joy, how utter his destruction! In...

_full of the sin of his youth_ Rather, HIS BONES AXE FULL OF HIS YOUTH, BUT IT SHALL LIE DOWN, &c.; in the midst of his years, when his bones are full of his youthful strength, like a vigorous marrow, he shall be cut off, and his youth go down to the grave with him....

HIS BONES ARE FULL OF THE SIN OF HIS YOUTH— The expression seems directly to assert that there is a punishment attending the wicked in a future state. _His bones are full of the sin of his youth,_ or _his secret sin, which shall lie down with him in the dust._ There is a parallel expression, Ezekiel 32:27 of mighty warriors buried with great military pomp, and _with their swords laid under their heads; but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living._ This passage puts me in mind of a contrary expression used by the prophet Isaiah, where he describes the happy state of the righteous at the resurrection; _their hearts,_ says he, _shall rejoice, and their bones shall flourish like an herb._ Isaiah 66:14. It was prob