19 You say, ‘(A)God saves up [a]a person’s [b]wrongdoing for his sons.’
Let [c]God repay him so that he may know it.
20 Let his (B)own eyes see his destruction,
And let him (C)drink of the wrath of [d]the Almighty.
21 For what does he care about his household [e]after him,
When the number of his months is at an end?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:19 Lit his
  2. Job 21:19 Or disaster
  3. Job 21:19 Lit Him
  4. Job 21:20 Heb Shaddai
  5. Job 21:21 I.e., after he dies

19 [a]Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children.
Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
20 Let his own eyes see his destruction,
And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what careth he for his house after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:19 Or, God layeth up his iniquity for his children: He rewardeth him, and he shall know it. His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink etc.