Job 21:19

Job 21:19 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

19It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’

Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!

19“You say, ‘God saves up a person’s wrongdoing for his sons.’

Let God repay him so that he may know it.

19“You say, ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’

Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it.

19It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children.

Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

19 Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children.

Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:

19God wil lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children: when he rewardeth him, hee shall knowe it.

19You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’

Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

19People say, ‘God stores up the punishment of evil people for their children.’

But let God punish the evil people themselves.

Then they’ll learn a lesson from it.

19You may say, “God will punish a wicked person's children

with the punishment that he deserves.”

But I say that God should punish the wicked person himself.

Then he will realize that he is wicked.

19God lays up for his sons his sorrow, || He gives repayment to him—and he knows.