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18 Are they as (A)straw before the wind,
And like (B)chaff which the storm steals away?
19 You say, ‘(C)God stores away [a]a man’s wickedness for his sons.’
Let [b]God repay him so that he may know it.
20 Let his (D)own eyes see his decay,
And let him (E)drink of the wrath of [c]the Almighty.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:19 Lit his
  2. Job 21:19 Lit Him
  3. Job 21:20 Heb Shaddai

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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