Job 21:20

18 Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

19 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.

21 For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

22 Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
KJV
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
WEB
Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
ASV
Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
DARBY
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty.
BLB
Let his eyes see his destruction, and let him drink from the wrath of Shaddai.
ÅB
Med egne øyne burde han få se sin undergang, og av den Allmektiges vrede burde han få drikke selv.
OTB
La deres egne øyne se deres fall;
la dem drikke av Den Allmektiges vrede.
B1930
Med egne øine burde han få se sin undergang, og av den Allmektiges vrede burde han få drikke selv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 51:17

    Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.

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  • Revelation 14:10

    he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

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  • Psalms 75:8

    For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

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  • Job 27:19

    He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

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  • Jeremiah 25:15–16

    This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

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  • Luke 16:23

    In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

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  • Revelation 19:15

    And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

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  • Psalms 60:3

    You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.

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