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 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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  1. 21.20 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai