Verse Comparison: Job 21:19
American Standard Version
`Ye say', God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
Amplified® Bible
You say, God lays up [the punishment of the wicked man's] iniquity for his children. Let Him recompense it to the man himself, that he may know {and} feel it.
Contemporary English Version
You say, "God will punish those sinners' children in place of those sinners." But I say, "Let him punish those sinners themselves until they really feel it.
Darby English Version
+God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]:
Good News Bible
You claim God punishes a child for the sins of his father. No! Let God punish the sinners themselves; let him show that he does it because of their sins.
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 stores away a man's iniquity for his sons.' Let God repay him so that he may know {it.}
New International Version
It is said, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.'
Let him repay the man himself, so that he will know 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.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You say, ' God stores away a man's iniquity for his sons.' Let God repay him so that he may know it.
Revised Standard Version
You say, 'God stores up their iniquity for their sons.' Let him recompense it to themselves, that they may know it.
Young's Literal Translation
God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him -- and he knoweth.
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