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18 How often are they like straw blown by the wind,
like chaff that a windstorm whisks away?

19 People say, “God stores up a man’s punishment for his children,”
but he should repay the man himself so that he experiences it!
20 Let his own eyes see his condemnation.[a]
Let him drink from the rage of the Almighty,

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  1. Job 21:20 Or destruction

18 How often are they like straw before the wind,
    like chaff(A) swept away(B) by a gale?(C)
19 It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’(D)
    Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!(E)
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction;(F)
    let them drink(G) the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.(H)

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