Job 21:19

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

In context

17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

18 Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

19 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

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

21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

BSB Berean Standard Bible: It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
KJV King James Version: God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
WEB World English Bible: You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
ASV American Standard Version: Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
YLT Young's Literal Translation: God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.
DBY Darby Translation: God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]:
WBS Webster Bible: God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it .