Job 21:19

Job: God Will Punish the Wicked

18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm? 19It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it. 20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.

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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.
American Standard Version (1901)
Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
Bible in Basic English
You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!
Free Bible Version
Some say, ‘God saves up people's punishment for their children.’ But I say, ‘God should punish those people themselves so that they can learn from it.’
King James (Authorized) Version
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Translation for Translators
You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but I say that God should punish those who sin, not their children, in order that the sinners will know that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished.
Unlocked Literal Bible
You say, 'God lays up one's guilt for his children to pay.' Let him pay it himself, so that he might know his guilt.
Noah Webster Bible
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it .
World English Bible
You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
Young's Literal Translation
God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.