Job 20:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 20:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 20:11 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 20:11 — KJV
“His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.”
— Job 20:11 (KJV)
Job 20:11 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 20:11
“We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:11: sin, youth, lie
“When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. the night...: Heb. the evening be measured?”
Shares key themes with Job 20:11: full, sin, lie
“And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. nursing fathers: Heb. nourishers queens: Heb. princesses”
Shares key themes with Job 20:11: sin, down, dust
“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:11: sin, lie, down
“And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords 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. with their...: Heb. with weapons of their war”
Shares key themes with Job 20:11: bones, lie, down
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