Bible verse
Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 21.
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.
24 His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
KJV
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
ASV
Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
ERV
Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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