Job 21:19
Shall, GOD, reserve, for his children, his sorrow? Let him recompense him so that he may know it;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
In Context
18They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.
20His own eyes, shall see his misfortune, and, the wrath of the Almighty, shall he drink.
Cross References
Genesis 4:7Shall it not, if thou do right, be lifted up? But if thou do not right, at the entrance a sin-bearer is lying,—Unto thee, moreover, shall be his longing, though, thou, rule over him.
Numbers 14:18Yahweh—slow to anger and great in lovingkindness, Forgiving iniquity and transgression: Though he will not leave, wholly unpunished, Visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons, Upon a third generation, and upon a fourth.
Deuteronomy 32:41If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take hold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And them who hate me, will I requite:
Job 22:24Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent-beds, fine gold:
Psalms 109:9Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;
Isaiah 53:4Yet surely, our sicknesses, he, carried, And, as for our pains, he bare the burden of them,—But, we, accounted him stricken. 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 →