# Job 13.26
**Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy? 25. Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
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> **26. For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:**
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> 27. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet: 28. Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten. (Job 13:24-28, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 24. Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy? 25. Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
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> **26. For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth:**
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> 27. You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet, 28. though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. (Job 13:24-28, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 24. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? 25. Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
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> **26. For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.**
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> 27. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. lookest: Heb. observest heels: Heb. roots 28. And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. (Job 13:24-28, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 24. Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee? 25. A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?
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> **26. For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:**
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> 27. And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print, 28. And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him. (Job 13:24-28, YLT)
## Setting
- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_
## Theological reading
_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._
## Key words
_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._
- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.
## Quoted in
**People:**
- [Job the Patriarch](/codex/job-the-patriarch/)
## Notes
_Your annotations._
## Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.