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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/13.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />For you write down bitter things against me and make me reap the sins of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“You write bitter accusations against me and bring up all the sins of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For You write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“For You write bitter things against me And make me inherit the guilty deeds of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For You write bitter things against me And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For Thou dost write bitter things against me, And dost make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For You write bitter things against me And make me to possess the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“For You write bitter things against me [in Your indictment] And make me inherit <i>and</i> suffer for the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For you record bitter accusations against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You record bitter accusations against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Why do you accuse me of horrible crimes and make me pay for sins I did in my youth? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You write down bitter accusations against me. You make me suffer for the sins of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You bring bitter charges against me, even for what I did when I was young. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You've accused me of bitter things; you've caused me to reap the sins of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For You write bitter things against me, "" And cause me to possess iniquities of my youth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For thou wilt write bitter things against me; and thou wilt give me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thou writest bitter things against me, and wilt consume me for the sins of my youth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For you write bitter things against me, and you want to consume me for the sins of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For you draw up bitter indictments against me, and punish in me the faults of my youth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For you write bitter things against me, and make me reap the iniquities of my youth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For thou decreest chastisement against me, and makest me remember the iniquities of my youth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For you have written instruction against me, and you remind me of the sin debts of my youth<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />That Thou shouldest write bitter things against me, And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />for thou hast written evil things against me, and thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/13-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2070" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Job Reproves His Friends</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff? <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: ṯiḵ·tōḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">You record</a> <a href="/hebrew/4846.htm" title="4846: mə·rō·rō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Or mrowrah; from marar; properly, bitterness; concretely, a bitter thing; specifically bile; also venom.">bitter accusations</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: wə·ṯō·w·rî·šê·nî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">and bequeath to me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nō·wṯ (N-cpc) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">the iniquities</a> <a href="/hebrew/5271.htm" title="5271: nə·‘ū·rāy (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Or naur; and nturah; properly, passive participle from na'ar as denominative; youth, the state or the persons.">of my youth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/25-7.htm">Psalm 25:7</a></span><br />Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/79-8.htm">Psalm 79:8</a></span><br />Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Jeremiah 14:10</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Isaiah 43:24</a></span><br />You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-5.htm">Lamentations 1:5</a></span><br />Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30</a></span><br />Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-13.htm">Hosea 8:13</a></span><br />Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18</a></span><br />Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a></span><br />for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a></span><br />For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-10.htm">2 Corinthians 5:10</a></span><br />For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-17.htm">Hebrews 10:17</a></span><br />Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Matthew 12:36</a></span><br />But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For you write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the iniquities of my youth.</p><p class="hdg">writest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-20.htm">Job 3:20</a></b></br> Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter <i>in</i> soul;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ruth/1-20.htm">Ruth 1:20</a></b></br> And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Psalm 88:3</a></b></br> For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.</p><p class="hdg">makest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/20-11.htm">Job 20:11</a></b></br> His bones are full <i>of the sin</i> of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/25-7.htm">Psalm 25:7</a></b></br> Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/5-11.htm">Proverbs 5:11-13</a></b></br> And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/10-1.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-40.htm">Causest</a> <a href="/job/8-5.htm">Early</a> <a href="/job/7-3.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/job/13-23.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/job/8-5.htm">Makest</a> <a href="/job/7-3.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/job/8-4.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/esther/6-1.htm">Record</a> <a href="/job/10-3.htm">Shouldest</a> <a href="/job/13-23.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/esther/8-8.htm">Write</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-20.htm">Writest</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-7.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/16-10.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/job/22-7.htm">Causest</a> <a href="/job/20-4.htm">Early</a> <a href="/psalms/25-13.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/job/22-5.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/job/15-4.htm">Makest</a> <a href="/psalms/25-13.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/job/19-5.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/job/16-19.htm">Record</a> <a href="/job/38-20.htm">Shouldest</a> <a href="/job/22-5.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/job/31-35.htm">Write</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-20.htm">Writest</a> <a href="/job/20-11.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Job 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-1.htm">Job reproves his friends for partiality</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-14.htm">He professes his confidence in God; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-19.htm">and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For You record bitter accusations against me</b><br>In this phrase, Job is addressing God directly, expressing his belief that God is keeping a record of his supposed wrongdoings. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern practice of record-keeping, where kings and deities were thought to maintain records of human actions. Theologically, this highlights the belief in God's omniscience and justice, as seen in <a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Psalm 56:8</a>, where God is said to keep a record of tears. Job's lamentation here underscores his feeling of being unjustly accused, a theme that resonates throughout the book as he struggles with the concept of divine justice.<p><b>and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.</b><br>Job feels that he is being punished for sins he committed in his youth, a common belief in ancient cultures where past sins were thought to bring future consequences. This reflects the broader biblical theme of generational sin and personal accountability, as seen in <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, where the iniquity of the fathers is visited upon the children. Job's reference to the sins of his youth also connects to the human condition of sinfulness and the need for redemption, a theme fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who offers forgiveness and a new beginning, as seen in <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning God's justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty, who is sovereign over all creation. In the context of Job, God allows Job's faith to be tested by Satan.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who visit Job to comfort him but end up accusing him of sin as the cause of his suffering.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's righteousness, suggesting that Job is faithful only because of his prosperity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_iniquities_of_youth.htm">The Iniquities of Youth</a></b><br>Refers to the sins or wrongdoings committed by Job in his earlier years, which he feels are being brought up against him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>Job's lament highlights the struggle to understand why suffering occurs, especially when it seems unrelated to personal sin. This teaches us to trust in God's wisdom even when we don't understand our circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_weight_of_past_sins.htm">The Weight of Past Sins</a></b><br>Job's reference to the "iniquities of my youth" reminds us of the burden of past sins. It encourages believers to seek God's forgiveness and to live in the freedom that comes from repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>Job's situation underscores the belief in God's ultimate justice and sovereignty. Even when life seems unfair, Christians are called to trust in God's righteous character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_friends_in_suffering.htm">The Role of Friends in Suffering</a></b><br>Job's friends initially come to comfort him but end up accusing him. This teaches the importance of offering compassionate support rather than judgment to those who are suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_perseverance.htm">The Importance of Perseverance</a></b><br>Job's perseverance through trials is a model for Christians to remain steadfast in faith, trusting that God is working for their good even in difficult times.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_definition_of_actual_grace.htm">How can a young man purify his path?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'fleeing_serpent'_symbolic_or_historical.htm">Job 26:13: What historical or archaeological evidence could support the mention of a 'fleeing serpent,' or is it purely symbolic?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_job_both_wicked_and_blameless.htm">In Job 22:5, Eliphaz accuses Job of great wickedness, yet Job 1:1 calls him blameless; how do we resolve this apparent contradiction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_13_25_show_god_as_unjust.htm">In Job 13:25, why does Job accuse God of targeting him as if he were light chaff, if God is portrayed as just and merciful?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">For thou writest bitter things against me.</span>--Exquisitely plaintive and affecting is this confession.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For thou writest bitter things against me</span>. The allusion seems to be to the ordinary practice in ancient law-courts of formulating a written <span class="accented">acte d'accusation</span> against supposed criminals. Keeping up the imagery of a court and pleadings, Job represents God as engaged in drawing up such a document against him. The "bitter things" are the charges which the acts contains. <span class="cmt_word">And makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth</span>. Job, like David, has to acknowledge "sins and offences" committed in his youth (<a href="/psalms/25-6.htm">Psalm 25:6</a>). In considering what the indictment against him can be, he can only suppose that these old and long-forsaken sins are being remembered and brought up against him, and that he is being punished for them. He does not exclaim against this as injustice; he feels probably that there is no statute of limitations respecting sins and their punishment; but it can scarcely have seemed to him consistent with God's goodness and mercifulness that the offences of his immature age should be visited upon him so bitterly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/13-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You record</span><br /><span class="heb">תִכְתֹּ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiḵ·tōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grave, to write</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bitter accusations</span><br /><span class="heb">מְרֹר֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mə·rō·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4846.htm">Strong's 4846: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bitterness, a bitter thing, bile, venom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against me</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bequeath to me</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝תוֹרִישֵׁ֗נִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯō·w·rî·šê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the iniquities</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺנ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wō·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of my youth.</span><br /><span class="heb">נְעוּרָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(nə·‘ū·rāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5271.htm">Strong's 5271: </a> </span><span class="str2">Youth, the state, the persons</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/13-26.htm">Job 13:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/13-26.htm">OT Poetry: Job 13:26 For you write bitter things against me (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/13-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 13:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 13:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/13-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 13:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 13:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>