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Job 21:19-21
New Catholic Bible
Job 21:19-21
New Catholic Bible
What Concern Will He Have for His Family?[a]
19 “According to you, God stores up punishment for a man’s children,
but the wicked should be the ones punished and requited for their evil.
20 Let his own eyes witness the destruction of God
that his sins have earned,
and let him quaff the wrath[b] of the Almighty!
21 For what concern will he have for his family
once his allotted number of months has been completed?
Footnotes
- Job 21:19 The ancient principle of collective retribution said that children are punished for their parents’ sins (Job 5:4; 20:10; Deut 5:9). Job no longer accepts this explanation. Job demands that each person be repaid according to his or her deeds.
- Job 21:20 Let him quaff the wrath: an allusion to the cup containing the wine of the divine wrath (see Isa 51:17; Jer 25:15; Rev 16:19).
