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19 You say, ‘(A)God stores away [a]a man’s wickedness for his sons.’
Let [b]God repay him so that he may know it.
20 Let his (B)own eyes see his decay,
And let him (C)drink of the wrath of [c]the Almighty.
21 For what desire does he have for his household [d]after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:19 Lit his
  2. Job 21:19 Lit Him
  3. Job 21:20 Heb Shaddai
  4. Job 21:21 After he dies

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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