Job 21:31
29 Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
32 He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
33 The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
- KJV
- Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
- WEB
- Who will declare his way to his face? Who will repay him what he has done?
- ASV
- Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?
- DARBY
- Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
- BLB
- Who shall declare his way to his face? And who will repay him [for] what he has done?
- ÅB
- Hvem foreholder ham hans ferd like i hans ansikt? og når han gjør noe, hvem gjengjelder ham det?
- OTB
- Hvem konfronterer dem med deres handlinger,
og hvem gjengjelder dem for hva de har gjort? - B1930
- Hvem foreholder ham hans ferd like i hans ansikt? og når han gjør noget, hvem gjengjelder ham det?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 7:10
But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
Read in contextGalatians 2:11
When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.
Read in contextRomans 12:19
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
Read in contextJeremiah 2:33–35
How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
Read in contextJames 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Read in context2 Samuel 12:7–12
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
Read in contextJob 41:11
Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
Read in contextActs 24:25
As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”
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