Job 21:19
You say, 'God lays up one's guilt for his children to pay.' 1 Let him pay it himself, so that he might know his guilt. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
In Context
20Let his eyes see his own destruction, 1 and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 1
Cross References
Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin crouches at the door and desires to control you, but you must rule over it.”
Numbers 14:18'Yahweh is slow to anger and abundant in covenant faithfulness. He forgives iniquity and transgression. He will by no means clear the guilty when he brings the punishment of the ancestors' sin on their descendants, to the third and fourth generation.'
Deuteronomy 32:41When I sharpen my glittering sword, 1 and when my hand begins to bring justice, 1 I will render vengeance on my enemies, 1 and I will pay back those who hate me. 1
Job 22:24Lay your treasure down in the dust, 1 the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks, 1
Psalms 109:9May his children be fatherless, 1 and may his wife be a widow. 1
Isaiah 53:4But surely he has borne our sicknesses and carried our sorrows; 1 yet we thought he was being punished by God, struck by God, and afflicted. 1
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 →