Job 21:19
God will preserve the grief of the father for his sons, and, when he repays, then he will understand.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
In Context
18They will be like chaff before the face of the wind, and like ashes that the whirlwind scatters.
20His eyes will see his own destruction, and he will drink from the wrath of the Almighty.
Cross References
Genesis 4:7If you behave well, will you not receive? But if you behave badly, will not sin at once be present at the door? And so its desire will be within you, and you will be dominated by it.”
Numbers 14:18‘The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and forsaking no one who is harmless. He visits the sins of the fathers upon the sons, to the third and fourth generation.’
Deuteronomy 32:41When I sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand takes hold of judgment, then I will render vengeance to my enemies, and I will repay those who hate me.
Job 22:24He will give you stone in place of dirt, and torrents of gold in place of stone.
Isaiah 53:4Truly, he has taken away our weaknesses, and he himself has carried our sorrows. And we thought of him as if he were a leper, or as if he had been struck by God and humiliated.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:18-27
Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,… Read the whole commentary →