Job 21:19
God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
In Context
18They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.
20His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Cross References
Genesis 4:7If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.
Numbers 14:18The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away iniquity and wickedness, and leaving no man clear, who visitest the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Deuteronomy 32:41If I shall whet my sword as the lightning, and my hand take hold on judgment: I will render vengeance to my enemies, and repay them that hate me.
Job 22:24He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.
Psalms 109:9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Isaiah 53:4Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows: and we have thought him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and afflicted.
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 →