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Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know <i>it</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>They say,</i> ‘God lays up one’s iniquity for his children’; Let Him recompense him, that he may know <i>it.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“<i>You say,</i> ‘God saves up a person’s wrongdoing for his sons.’ Let God repay him so that he may know <i>it.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You say, &#8216God stores away a man&#8217s iniquity for his sons.&#8217 Let God repay him so that he may know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“<i>You say,</i> ‘God stores away a man’s iniquity for his sons.’ Let God repay him so that he may know <i>it.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br /><i>You say</i>, ‘God stores away a man’s wickedness for his sons.’ Let God repay him so that he may know <i>it</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“<i>You say,</i> ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’ Let God repay him so that he may know <i>and</i> experience it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God reserves a person’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God reserves a person&#8217s punishment for his children. Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You say, "God will punish those sinners' children in place of those sinners." But I say, "Let him punish those sinners themselves until they really feel it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"[You say,] 'God saves a person's punishment for his children.' God should pay back that person so that he would know that it is a punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You claim God punishes a child for the sins of his father. No! Let God punish the sinners themselves; let him show that he does it because of their sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />God stores up their iniquity to repay their children; making them repay so that they may be aware.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />It is said that God lays up one?s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You may say, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his children!' Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may know it! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />God lays up for his sons his sorrow, "" He gives repayment to him—and he knows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him -- and he knoweth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />God will lay up his iniquity for his sons: he will requite to him and be shall know.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />God will preserve the grief of the father for his sons, and, when he repays, then he will understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“God is storing up the man’s misery for his children”?— let him requite the man himself so that he knows it! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’ Let it be paid back to them, so that they may know it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />God reserves man's iniquity for his children; he pays it back to him, and he shall know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />God keeps his evil for his children and he will pay him and he will know<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />God layeth up his iniquity for his children!'-- Let Him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Let his substance fail <i>to supply</i> his children: <i>God</i> shall recompense him, and he shall know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/21-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3278" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/21.htm">Job: God will Punish the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm? <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/433.htm" title="433: ’ĕ·lō·w·ah (N-ms) -- God, god. Probably prolonged From 'el; a deity or the Deity.">It is said that God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6845.htm" title="6845: yiṣ·pōn- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to hide; by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically to protect, to lurk.">lays up</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ō·w·nōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">one’s punishment</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: lə·ḇā·nāw (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">for his children.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7999.htm" title="7999: yə·šal·lêm (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to be safe; figuratively, to be completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate.">Let God repay the man</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">himself,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: wə·yê·ḏā‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">so he will know it.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm">Ezekiel 18:20</a></span><br />The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-16.htm">Deuteronomy 24:16</a></span><br />Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29-30</a></span><br />“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’ / Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></span><br />You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-7.htm">Lamentations 5:7</a></span><br />Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-21.htm">Proverbs 11:21</a></span><br />Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21</a></span><br />Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/14-6.htm">2 Kings 14:6</a></span><br />Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18</a></span><br />‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/109-14.htm">Psalm 109:14</a></span><br />May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35-36</a></span><br />And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. / Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-2.htm">John 9:2-3</a></span><br />and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-50.htm">Luke 11:50-51</a></span><br />As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-6.htm">Romans 2:6</a></span><br />God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">God lays up his iniquity for his children: he rewards him, and he shall know it.</p><p class="hdg">layeth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-24.htm">Job 22:24</a></b></br> Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the <i>gold</i> of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-34.htm">Deuteronomy 32:34</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> not this laid up in store with me, <i>and</i> sealed up among my treasures?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19,20</a></b></br> Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: … </p><p class="hdg">iniquity.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/4-7.htm">Genesis 4:7</a></b></br> If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee <i>shall be</i> his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-6</a></b></br> Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a></b></br> For he hath made him <i>to be</i> sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.</p><p class="hdg">for his</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God <i>am</i> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <i>generation</i> of them that hate me;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/109-9.htm">Psalm 109:9</a></b></br> Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21</a></b></br> Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.</p><p class="hdg">he rewardeth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-41.htm">Deuteronomy 32:41</a></b></br> If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/3-39.htm">2 Samuel 3:39</a></b></br> And I <i>am</i> this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah <i>be</i> too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/54-5.htm">Psalm 54:5</a></b></br> He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.</p><p class="hdg">he shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/3-18.htm">Malachi 3:18</a></b></br> Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/21-11.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm">God</a> <a href="/job/20-27.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/job/20-13.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/romans/10-5.htm">Lays</a> <a href="/job/19-29.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/job/15-31.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">Repay</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-10.htm">Rewardeth</a> <a href="/job/18-12.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/job/20-26.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-44.htm">Stores</a> <a href="/job/21-12.htm">Themselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/24-5.htm">Children</a> <a href="/psalms/36-1.htm">God</a> <a href="/job/22-15.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/job/21-32.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/job/27-17.htm">Lays</a> <a href="/job/21-31.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/job/34-33.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/job/21-31.htm">Repay</a> <a href="/psalms/31-23.htm">Rewardeth</a> <a href="/job/23-2.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/job/22-22.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/job/27-16.htm">Stores</a> <a href="/job/24-4.htm">Themselves</a><div class="vheading2">Job 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-1.htm">Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-7.htm">Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-16.htm">Sometimes their destruction is manifest</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-21.htm">The happy and unhappy are alike in death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-27.htm">The judgment of the wicked is in another world</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This idea is seen in other parts of the Old Testament, such as <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, where God warns that He visits "the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation." This reflects a cultural understanding of communal and generational responsibility. However, Job challenges this notion, questioning the justice of punishing children for their parents' sins. This tension is also addressed in <a href="/ezekiel/18-20.htm">Ezekiel 18:20</a>, where it is stated that "the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father."<p><b>Let God repay the man himself,</b><br>Job argues for direct accountability, suggesting that justice should be immediate and personal. This reflects a desire for a more direct and observable form of divine justice, where the wicked receive their due punishment in their own lifetime. This idea contrasts with the delayed justice that might affect future generations. The call for personal retribution aligns with the principle found in <a href="/deuteronomy/24-16.htm">Deuteronomy 24:16</a>, which states that individuals should be punished for their own sins.<p><b>so he will know it.</b><br>The emphasis here is on awareness and understanding of divine justice. Job desires that the wicked recognize the consequences of their actions, which would serve as a clear demonstration of God's justice. This awareness is crucial for repentance and acknowledgment of God's sovereignty. The concept of knowing or experiencing God's judgment is echoed in <a href="/psalms/9-16.htm">Psalm 9:16</a>, where it is said, "The LORD is known by the judgment He executes." This phrase underscores the importance of personal experience in understanding divine justice and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering. In this chapter, Job is responding to his friends' arguments about the fate of the wicked.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who argue that suffering is a direct result of personal sin and that the wicked are always punished in their lifetime.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate judge and sovereign being, whose justice and ways are being questioned and explored throughout the Book of Job.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Those who live in opposition to God's ways, often discussed in Job as seemingly prospering despite their evil deeds.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/children_of_the_wicked.htm">Children of the Wicked</a></b><br>Referenced in this verse as potentially bearing the consequences of their parents' sins, a concept Job challenges.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_justice.htm">Understanding Divine Justice</a></b><br>Job challenges the simplistic view of retributive justice, urging us to consider the complexity of God's justice and the timing of His judgments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/individual_responsibility.htm">Individual Responsibility</a></b><br>The Bible teaches that each person is accountable for their own actions. This verse invites us to reflect on personal responsibility rather than blaming or expecting others to bear our consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_mystery_of_suffering.htm">The Mystery of Suffering</a></b><br>Job's discourse reminds us that suffering is not always a direct result of personal sin. We are encouraged to trust in God's wisdom and sovereignty, even when His ways are beyond our understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intergenerational_consequences.htm">Intergenerational Consequences</a></b><br>While the Bible acknowledges that actions can have consequences for future generations, it also emphasizes God's fairness and justice in dealing with each person individually.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_timing.htm">Faith in God's Timing</a></b><br>We are called to trust that God will bring about justice in His perfect timing, even if it is not immediately apparent in this life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_21_19-21_clash_with_individual_sin.htm">In Job 21:19–21, does the idea of children suffering for a parent’s wrongdoing clash with other biblical teachings on individual responsibility? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_bildad_blame_job's_kids'_deaths.htm">How can Bildad confidently claim (Job 8:2-4) that Job's children must have sinned to deserve death, when other passages suggest righteous people can suffer unjustly?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_some_texts_allow_believers'_vengeance.htm">In Romans 12:19, if 'vengeance is mine' belongs to God, why do other biblical texts approve of direct punishment by believers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_vigilante_justice.htm">What is the Bible's stance on vigilante justice?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">God layeth up his iniquity </span>(i.e., the punishment of it) <span class= "bld">for his children, </span>may be the hypothetical reply of the antagonists in the mouth of Job, and the second clause his own retort: "Let him repay it to himself that he may know it."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">God layeth up his iniquity for his children</span>. Job supposes his opponents to make this answer to his arguments. "God," they may say, "punishes the wicked man in his children" (comp. <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>). Job does not deny that he may do so, but suggests a better course in the next sentence. <span class="cmt_word">He rewardeth him</span>; rather, <span class="accented">let him recompense it on himself -</span> let him make the wicked man himself suffer, and then he shall know it. He shall perceive and know that he is receiving the due reward of his wickedness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/21-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[It is said that] God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱל֗וֹהַּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·w·ah)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_433.htm">Strong's 433: </a> </span><span class="str2">God -- a deity, the Deity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lays up</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְפֹּן־</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·pōn-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6845.htm">Strong's 6845: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, to hoard, reserve, to deny, to protect, to lurk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one's punishment</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹנ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for his children.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָנָ֥יו</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Let God repay the man</span><br /><span class="heb">יְשַׁלֵּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·šal·lêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7999.htm">Strong's 7999: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">himself,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלָ֣יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that he may know it.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיֵדָֽע׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yê·ḏā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/21-19.htm">Job 21:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/21-19.htm">Job 21:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/21-19.htm">Job 21:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/21-19.htm">Job 21:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/21-19.htm">Job 21:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/21-19.htm">Job 21:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/21-19.htm">Job 21:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/21-19.htm">Job 21:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/21-19.htm">Job 21:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/21-19.htm">Job 21:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/21-19.htm">OT Poetry: Job 21:19 You say 'God lays up his iniquity (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/21-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 21:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 21:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/21-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 21:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 21:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>