Job 21:31
There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who ◄pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve► for all the evil things that they have done.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:7Nathan said to David, “You are the man I have been talking about! And this is what Yahweh, the God we Israelis worship, says to you: ‘I appointed you to be king of Israel, after having rescued you from Saul.
Job 21:19You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but I say that God should punish those who sin, not their children, in order that the sinners will know that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished.
Psalms 50:21You did all those things, and I did not say anything to you, so you thought that I was a sinner just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you, right in front of you.
Jeremiah 2:33You know how to easily find gods from other countries whom you can love. You can find them as easily as a prostitute can find men to sleep with.
Acts 24:25Paul explained to them about what God requires people to do in order to please him. He also explained about God requiring people to control how they act. Paul also told him that there will be a time when God will judge people. Felix became alarmed after hearing those things. So he said to Paul, “That is all I want to hear now. When there is a time that is convenient I will ask you (sg) to come to me again.”
Galatians 2:11But later while I was at Antioch city, after Peter came there, I told him directly [SYN] that what he was doing was wrong.
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 →