Bible Strands
Job 20:11
The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Bildad speaks to Job in a discourse on the fate of the wicked, immediately after describing how the man's sons will lose his wealth to the poor.
The words — עֲלוּמָיו (a.lu.mo/v) translates as youthful vigor, and תִשְׁכַּב (tish.Kav) means it will lie down, directly linking physical strength to burial.
The thread — The motif of vitality ending in the dust appears in Job 21:26, while the tension between youthful iniquity and divine memory runs in Psalms 25:7.
Why it lands — The text asserts that no amount of physical prime or earthly success prevents a person from returning to the ground, demanding a sober assessment of human limits.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Cross-references
- Job 13:26 For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
- Job 21:26 But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
- Psalms 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
- Ezekiel 24:13 Because 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 32:27 They 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.
- John 8:24 That 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.”
- Job 19:20 My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
- Proverbs 5:11 At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
- Proverbs 5:22 The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Proverbs 14:32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.