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Job 21:19

God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

KJV

Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris, et cum reddiderit, tunc sciet.

Vulgate

ἐκλίποι υἱοὺς τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ· ἀνταποδώσει πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ γνώσεται.

LXX

Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:

ASV

אֱל֗וֹהַּ יִצְפֹּן לְ/בָנָ֥י/ו אוֹנ֑/וֹ יְשַׁלֵּ֖ם אֵלָ֣י/ו וְ/יֵדָֽע

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
יְשַׁלֶּם
yshlm
verb · 111×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
צָפַ֣נְתָּ
tspnt
verb · 33×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th
  • Exod 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th
  • Ezek 18:2 — What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
  • Ezek 18:19 — Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
  • Isa 14:21 — Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
  • Isa 53:4 — Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
  • Jer 31:29 — In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
  • Job 14:17 — My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.