Job 21:19 · KJV
“God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know {it}. {his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity}”
— Job 21:19
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. {carrieth: Heb. stealeth}
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21 — Context
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and {how oft} cometh their destruction upon them! {God} distributeth sorrows in his anger. {candle: or, lamp}
18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. {carrieth: Heb. stealeth}
19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know {it}. {his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity}
20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21For what pleasure {hath} he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
Cross References
Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God {am} a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth {generation} of them that hate me;
Ezekiel 18:19-20
Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, {and} hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Ezekiel 18:2
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
Isaiah 53:4-6
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 14:21
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.
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Psalms 54:5
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. {mine...: Heb. those that observe me}
Psalms 109:9-31
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.