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 They say, ‘God [a]lays up [b]one’s iniquity (A)for his children’;
Let Him recompense him, that he may know it.
20 Let his eyes see his destruction,
And (B)let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what does he care about his household after him,
When the number of his months is cut in half?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:19 stores up
  2. Job 21:19 Lit. his