Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Let
King James Version
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Holman Bible
Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.
International Standard Version
God stores up their iniquity to repay their children; making them repay so that they may be aware.
A Conservative Version
[Ye say], God lays up his iniquity for his sons. Let him recompense it to himself that he may know it.
American Standard Version
Ye say , God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
Amplified
“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.
Bible in Basic English
You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!
Darby Translation
+God layeth up the punishment of his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know it:
Julia Smith Translation
God will lay up his iniquity for his sons: he will requite to him and be shall know.
King James 2000
God lays up his iniquity for his children: he recompenses him, and he shall know it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'God stores up his iniquity for his children'? [Then] let him repay [it] to him that he may know.
Modern King James verseion
God lays up his iniquity for his children. He repays him, and he knows.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And though God save their children from such sorrow, yet will he so reward themselves, that they shall know it.
NET Bible
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!
New Heart English Bible
You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
The Emphasized Bible
Shall, GOD, reserve, for his children, his sorrow? Let him recompense him so that he may know it;
Webster
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
World English Bible
You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
Youngs Literal Translation
God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him -- and he knoweth.
Themes
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Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 21:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar
18
That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?
19
Let
Names
Cross References
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Genesis 4:7
If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."
Deuteronomy 32:34
"'Is not this laid up in store with me, sealed up in my treasuries?
Deuteronomy 32:41
if I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me.
2 Samuel 3:39
And I was gentle today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I. The LORD repay the evildoer according to his wickedness!"
Job 22:24
if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed,
Psalm 54:5
He will return the evil to my enemies; in your faithfulness put an end to them.
Psalm 109:9-31
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow!
Isaiah 14:21
Prepare slaughter for his sons because of the guilt of their fathers, lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities."
Isaiah 53:4-6
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall no longer say: "'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'
Ezekiel 18:2
"What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?
Ezekiel 18:14
"Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise:
Ezekiel 18:19-20
"Yet you say, 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.
Malachi 3:18
Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
Matthew 6:19-20
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
Romans 2:5
But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
Revelation 18:6
Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.