19 God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.(A)
Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.
20 Let his own eyes see his demise;
let him drink from the Almighty’s wrath!(B)
21 For what does he care about his family once he is dead,(C)
when the number of his months has run out?(D)

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19 You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’
    Let it be paid back to them, so that they may know it.(A)
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction,
    and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.[a](B)
21 For what do they care for their household after them,
    when the number of their months is cut off?

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Footnotes

  1. 21.20 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai