19It is said, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.' Let him repay the man himself, so that he will know it!


In Context

16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.

17 "Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?

18 How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?

19 It is said, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.' Let him repay the man himself, so that he will know it!

20 Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 For what does he care about the family he leaves behind when his allotted months come to an end?

Job 21:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:19God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:19Ye say , God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:19+God layeth up the punishment of his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know it:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:19Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:19You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:19God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:19God lays up his iniquity for his children: he rewards him, and he shall know it.