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Job 20:11

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

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עַ֭צְמוֹתָיוatsmotayvbodyעֶצֶםnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.מָלְא֣וּmalevbe at an endמָלֵאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…עלומוlvmvyouthעָלוּםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “youth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5934(only in plural as abstract) adolescence; figuratively, vigoryouth.עֲלוּמָ֑יוalumayvyouthעָלוּםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “youth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5934(only in plural as abstract) adolescence; figuratively, vigoryouth.וְ֝עִמּ֗וֹveimvoand withעִםconjunction, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עָפָ֥רafardustעָפָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dust”, the ordinary formH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.תִּשְׁכָּֽבtishkavlieשָׁכַבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “lie”, an unfinished actionH7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

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American Standard Version (1901)

His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

Young’s Literal Translation

His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.

World English Bible

His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust.

Darby Translation

His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

Douay-Rheims

His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

His bones have been filled with vigour of his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐνεπλήσθησαν νεότητος αὐτοῦ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ χώματος κοιμηθήσεται.