Job 21:31
Who shall reprove his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
In Context
32He shall be brought to the graves, and shall watch in the heap of the dead.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David: Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul,
Job 21:19God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.
Psalms 50:21Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.
Jeremiah 2:33Why dost thou endeavour to shew thy way good to seek my love, thou who hast also taught thy malices to be thy ways,
Acts 24:25And as he treated of justice and chastity and of the judgment to come, Felix, being terrified, answered: For this time, go thy way: but when I have a convenient time, I will send for thee.
Galatians 2:11But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. I withstood, etc... The fault that is here noted in the conduct of St. Peter, was only a certain imprudence, in withdrawing himself from the table of the Gentiles, for fear of giving offence to the Jewish converts; but this, in such circumstances, when his so doing might be of ill consequence to the Gentiles, who might be induced thereby to think themselves obliged to conform to the Jewish way of living, to the prejudice of their Christian liberty. Neither was St. Paul's reprehending him any argument against his supremacy; for in such cases an inferior may, and sometimes ought, with respect, to admonish his superior.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:28-34
Punishment of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be… Read the whole commentary →