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


In Context

16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17 |How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

18 How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

19 You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may 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 for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:19It is said, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.' Let him repay the man himself, so that he will know it!

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 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.