Job 21:19
Should God lay up for his children his wrong-doing? it were better that he reward him, that he might know it himself.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
In Context
18Are they as straw before the wind, and as chaff which the stealeth away?
20His own eyes ought to see his downfall, and from the wrath of the Almighty ought he to drink.
Cross References
Genesis 4:7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou canst rule over it.
Numbers 14:18The Eternal is long-suffering, and abundant in beneficence, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
Deuteronomy 32:41When I whet my glittering sword, and my hand taketh hold on judgment: I will render vengeance unto my enemies, and those that hate me will I requite.
Job 22:24And throw down in the dust precious metals, and [the gold of] Ophir to the stones of the brooks:
Psalms 109:9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Isaiah 53:4But only our diseases did he bear himself, and our pains he carried: while we indeed esteemed him stricken, smitten of 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 →