Job 21:19
Let his substance fail to supply his children: God shall recompense him, and he shall know it.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
In Context
18And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up.
20Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him not be saved by the Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 4:7Hast thou not sinned if thou hast brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? be still, to thee shall be his submission, and thou shalt rule over him.
Numbers 14:18The Lord is long-suffering and merciful, and true, removing transgressions and iniquities and sins, and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.
Deuteronomy 32:41For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand shall take hold of judgment; and I will render judgment to my enemies, and will recompense them that hate me.
Job 22:24Thou shalt lay up for thyself treasure in a heap on the rock; and Sophir shall be as the rock of the torrent.
Isaiah 53:4+ 53:4 Mat. 8. 17. He bears our sins, and is pained for us: yet we accounted him to be in trouble, and in suffering, and in affliction.
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 →