Job 13:26

For thou writest bitter things against me,.... Meaning not sins and rebellions, taken notice of by him, when his good deeds were omitted, as Jarchi; sin is indeed an evil and a bitter thing in its own…

For thou writest bitter things against me - Charges or accusations of severity. We use the word “bitter” now in a somewhat similar sense. We speak of bitter sorrow, bitter cold, etc. The language here…

Here, I. Job enquires after his sins, and begs to have them discovered to him. He looks up to God, and asks him what was the number of them (How many are my iniquities?) and what were the particulars…

for thou writest Or, that thou writest. To "write" is to prescribe, or ordain, Isa 10:1; Hos 8:12.

makest me to possess Or, inherit. Job acknowledges sins of his youth, not of his riper manhood, and…