Job 21:19
God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him — and he knoweth.
Young's Literal Translation
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 hurricane hath stolen away,
20His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
Cross References
Genesis 4:7Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'
Numbers 14:18Jehovah [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 [generation], and on a fourth; —
Deuteronomy 32:41If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, And My hand doth lay hold on judgment, I turn back vengeance to Mine adversaries, And to those hating Me — I repay!
Job 22:24So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.
Psalms 109:9His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Isaiah 53:4Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains — he hath carried them, And we — we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten 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 →