King James Version
Job 20:11 in the King James Version says “His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.” — study this verse from Job chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.”
Job 20:11 · KJV
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. His children: or, The poor shall oppress his children
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: within: Heb. in the midst of his palate
KJV Study — Public Domain
“His bones”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
“are full”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
“of the sin of his youth”
H5934(only in plural as abstract) adolescence; figuratively, vigor
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“which shall lie down”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
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