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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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