Job 21:19 meaning and explanation

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, Berean Standard Bible

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Job is answering his friends, who have argued that God always punishes the wicked in this life. Here he quotes their common saying, that God stores up a man's punishment for his children, and then rejects it.

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