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Job 21:19

New Living Translation

19 “‘Well,’ you say, ‘at least God will punish their children!’ But I say he should punish the ones who sin, so that they understand his judgment.

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American Standard Version

Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:

Christian Standard Bible

God reserves a person’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.

English Standard Version

You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’ Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it.

King James Version

God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it .

New American Standard Bible

“ You say, ‘God saves up a person’s wrongdoing for his sons.’ Let God repay him so that he may know it.

New International Version

It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’ Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!

New King James Version

They say, ‘God lays up one’s iniquity for his children’; Let Him recompense him, that he may 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.