Bible verse
It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
Job 21:19 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 21.
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
16 Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
18 Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
19 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
20 Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
23 One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
KJV
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it].
ASV
Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
ERV
Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.
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