19 It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’(A)
    Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!(B)
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction;(C)
    let them drink(D) the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.(E)
21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind(F)
    when their allotted months(G) come to an end?(H)

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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