Job 21:19
God lays up for his sons his sorrow, || He gives repayment to him—and he knows.
Literal Standard 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 are as straw before wind, || And as chaff a windstorm has stolen away,
20His own eyes see his destruction, || And he drinks of the wrath of the Mighty.
Cross References
Genesis 4:7Is there not, if you do well, acceptance? And if you do not do well, sin [[ or a sin-offering]] is lying at the opening, and its [[ or His]] desire [is] for you, and you rule over it [[ or by Him]].”
Numbers 14:18YHWH [is] slow to anger and of great kindness, bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation]—
Deuteronomy 32:41If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, || And My hand lays hold on judgment, || I return vengeance to My adversaries, || And to those hating Me—I repay!
Job 22:24So as to set a defense on the dust, || And a covering on a rock of the valleys.
Psalms 109:9His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Isaiah 53:4Surely He has borne our sicknesses, || And our pains—He has carried them, || And we have esteemed Him [as] plagued, struck 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 →