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19 ‘God stores up his iniquity for his children’?[a]
Then let him repay it to him that[b] he may know.
20 Let his eyes see his decay,
and let him drink from the wrath of Shaddai,
21 for what does he care for[c] his house after him,
when the number of his months is[d] cut off?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:19 Or “You say, ‘God stores up his iniquity for his children.’”
  2. Job 21:19 Hebrew “and”
  3. Job 21:21 Literally “his joy in”
  4. Job 21:21 Hebrew “are”

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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