job 13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

job 13:26 "For Thou dost write bitter things against me, And dost make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

26. writest--a judicial phrase, to note down the determined punishment. The sentence of the condemned used to be written down (Isa 10:1; Jer 22:30; Ps 149:9) [UMBREIT].
bitter things--bitter punishments.
makest me to possess--or "inherit." In old age he receives possession of the inheritance of sin thoughtlessly acquired in youth. "To inherit sins" is to inherit the punishments inseparably connected with them in Hebrew ideas (Ps 25:7).

job 13:26 "For Thou dost write bitter things against me, And dost make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

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