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19 God stores up their iniquity to repay their children;
    making them[a] repay so that they may be aware.
20 Their own eyes will see their destruction;
    and they’ll drink the wrath of the Almighty.
21 What will they care for their household after them,
    when the number of his months comes to an end?”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:19 Lit. him

19 ‘God stores up his iniquity for his children’?[a]
Then let him repay it to him that[b] he may know.
20 Let his eyes see his decay,
and let him drink from the wrath of Shaddai,
21 for what does he care for[c] his house after him,
when the number of his months is[d] cut off?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:19 Or “You say, ‘God stores up his iniquity for his children.’”
  2. Job 21:19 Hebrew “and”
  3. Job 21:21 Literally “his joy in”
  4. Job 21:21 Hebrew “are”