Job 20:11 Meaning and Explanation
“His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The wicked man carries the sins of his youth in his very bones, and they lie down with him in death.
What Does Job 20:11 Mean?
Zophar speaks of sin as something lodged deep in the body. The vigor of the man’s youth was spent in wrongdoing, and that guilt fills his very bones; it does not fall away with age but lies down with him in the dust of the grave. What he sowed in his strong years he carries to his end.
There is a piercing realism here about how choices shape a whole life. Sin is not merely an outward act but something that can settle into the marrow of who we are. Yet this same realism makes the gospel’s remedy precious, for what we cannot cleanse from our own bones, God offers to wash and forgive. The verse calls the young, especially, to give their strength to what is good.
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What does Job 20:11 mean?
The wicked man carries the sins of his youth in his very bones, and they lie down with him in death.