Job 21:19
God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
In Context
18They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.
20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
Cross References
Genesis 4:7If thou do well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sinne lieth at the doore: also vnto thee his desire shalbe subiect, and thou shalt rule ouer him.
Numbers 14:18The Lord is slowe to anger, and of great mercie, and forgiuing iniquitie, and sinne, but not making the wicked innocent, and visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the children, in the thirde and fourth generation:
Deuteronomy 32:41If I whet my glittering sworde, and mine hand take holde on iudgement, I will execute vengeance on mine enemies, and will rewarde them that hate me.
Job 22:24Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
Psalms 109:9Let his children be fatherlesse, and his wife a widowe.
Isaiah 53:4Surely hee hath borne our infirmities, and caried our sorowes: yet wee did iudge him, as plagued, and smitten of God, and humbled.
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 →