Job 21:19
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
God layeth vp his †iniquitie for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Translator clarificationThat is, the punishment of his iniquitie.
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- Exodus 20:5Rank 1 from verse 19
5Thou 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 that hate me;
5Thou shalt not bow downe thy selfe to them, nor serue them: For I the LORD thy God am a iealous God, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate me:
- Ezekiel 18:19–20Rank 2 from verse 19
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.
20The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
19¶ *Yet say yee, Why? doeth not the sonne beare the iniquitie of the father? when the sonne hath done that which is lawfull and right, and hath kept all my Statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely liue.
20The soule that sinneth, it shal die: the sonne shall not beare the iniquitie of the father, neither shal the father beare the iniquitie of the sonne; the righteousnesse of the righteous shall bee vpon him, and the wickednesse of the wicked shalbe vpon him.
- Ezekiel 18:2Rank 3 from verse 19
2What 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?
2*What meane ye that yee vse this prouerbe concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes, and the childrens teeth are set on edge?
- Isaiah 14:21Rank 4 from verse 19
21Prepare 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.
21*Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquitie of their fathers, that they doe not rise nor possesse the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
- Isaiah 53:4–6Rank 5 from verse 19
4¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
4¶ *Surely he hath borne our griefes, and caried our sorrowes: yet we did esteeme him striken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5‖**†But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was vpon him, and with his stripes we are healed.
6†All we like sheepe haue gone astray: we haue turned euery one to his owne way, and the LORD hath layd on him the iniquitie of vs all.
- Jeremiah 31:29Rank 6 from verse 19
- 2 Corinthians 5:21Rank 7 from verse 19
- 2 Timothy 4:14Rank 8 from verse 19
- Deuteronomy 32:34Rank 9 from verse 19
- Ezekiel 18:14Rank 10 from verse 19
- Matthew 23:31–35Rank 11 from verse 19
31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
31Wherefore ye bee witnesses vnto your selues, that yee are the children of them which killed the Prophets.
32Fil ye vp then the measure of your fathers.
33Yee serpents, yee generation of vipers, How can yee escape the damnation of hell?
34¶ Wherefore behold, I send vnto you Prophets, and wisemen, and Scribes, and some of them yee shall kill and crucifie, and some of them shall yee scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from citie to citie:
35That vpon you may come all the righteous blood shed vpon the earth, *from the blood of righteous Abel, vnto the blood of Zacharias, sonne of Barachias, whom yee slew betweene the temple and the altar.
- Psalms 109:9–31Rank 12 from verse 19
9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
26Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.
28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
9Let his children bee fatherlesse: and his wife a widow.
10Let his children bee continually vagabonds, & begge: let them seeke their bread also out of their desolate places.
11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath: and let the strangers spoile his labour.
12Let there be none to extend mercy vnto him: neither let there be any to fauour his fatherlesse children.
13Let his posteritie be cut off: and in the generation folowing let their name be blotted out.
14Let the iniquitie of his fathers be remembred with the LORD: and let not the sinne of his mother be blotted out.
15Let them be before the LORD continually: that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16Because that he remembred not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poore and needy man: that he might euen slay the broken in heart.
17As he loued cursing, so let it come vnto him: as hee delighted not in blessing, so let it be farre from him.
18†As he clothed himselfe with cursing like as with his garment: so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.
19Let it be vnto him as the garment which couereth him: and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of mine aduersaries from the LORD: and of them that speake euill against my soule.
21But do thou for me, O God the LORD, for thy Names sake: because thy mercie is good: deliuer thou me.
22For I am poore and needie: and my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone like the shadow, when it declineth: I am tossed vp and downe as the locust.
24My knees are weake through fasting: and my flesh faileth of fatnesse.
25I became also a reproch vnto them: when they looked vpon me, they shaked their heads.
26Helpe me, O LORD my God: O saue me according to thy mercie.
27That they may know, that th is is thy hand: that thou, LORD, hast done it.
28Let them curse, but blesse thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let thy seruant reioyce.
29Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame: and let them couer them selues with their owne confusion, as with a mantle.
30I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth: yea I will praise him among the multitude.
31†For he shal stand at the right hand of the poore: to saue him from those that condemne his soule.
- Psalms 54:5Rank 13 from verse 19
- Revelation 18:6Rank 14 from verse 19
- Romans 2:5Rank 15 from verse 19
5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
5But after thy hardnesse, and impenitent heart, *treasurest vp vnto thy selfe wrath, against the day of wrath, and reuelation of the righteous iudgement of God:
- 2 Samuel 3:39Rank 16 from verse 19
39And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the Lord shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
39And I am this day †weake, though anointed King, and these men the sonnes of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of euill, according to his wickednesse.
- Deuteronomy 32:41Rank 17 from verse 19
- Genesis 4:7Rank 18 from verse 19
7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
7If thou doe well, shalt thou not ‖be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sinne lieth at the doore: And ‖vnto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule ouer him.
- Malachi 3:18Rank 20 from verse 19
- Matthew 16:27Rank 21 from verse 19
- Matthew 6:19–20Rank 22 from verse 19
19¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
19¶ Lay not vp for your selues treasures vpon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake thorow, and steale.
20*But lay vp for your selues treasures in heauen, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, & where theeues doe not breake thorow, nor steale.
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Job 21:19
The one true God.
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Third-person singular present form of lay. Sense 1: To put, place, set, arrange, deposit, apply, establish, impose, or cause to be in a stated position or condition. Sense 2: In lay with, to have sexual relations. Sense 3: To press or bear upon. Sense 4: In lay up, lay by, or lay in store, to keep, store, or treasure; in lay wait, lay snares, lay an ambush, or lay siege, to prepare or set. Sense 5: In lay hold or lay hands on, to seize, take, apprehend, or touch. Sense 6: In lay down one's life, to surrender or give it; in lay aside, lay apart, or lay away, to remove, reject, or put off.
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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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Gives or returns a recompense according to what was done.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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21:1BUT Job answered and said,
21:1¶ But Iob answered, and sayd,
21:2Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
21:2Heare diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
21:3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
21:3Suffer me that I may speake, and after that I haue spoken, mocke on.
21:4As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
21:4As for mee, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be †troubled?
21:5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
21:5†Marke mee, and be astonished, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
21:6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
21:6Euen when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh holde on my flesh.
21:7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
21:7*Wherefore doe the wicked liue, become old, yea, are mightie in power?
21:8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
21:8Their seede is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
21:9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
21:9Their houses are †safe from feare, neither is the rod of God vpon them.
21:10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
21:10Their bull gendreth and faileth not, their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
21:11They send foorth their little ones like a flocke, and their children dance.
21:12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
21:12They take the timbrell and harpe, and reioyce at the sound of the organe.
21:13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
21:13They spend their daies ‖in wealth, and in a moment goe downe to the graue.
21:14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
21:14*Therefore they say vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.
21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
21:15What is the Almightie, that wee should serue him? and what profite should we haue, if we pray vnto him?
21:16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
21:16Loe, their good is not in their hand, the counsell of the wicked is farre from me.
21:17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
21:17How oft is the ‖candle of the wicked put out? and how oft commeth their destruction vpon them? God distributeth sorrowes in his anger.
21:18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
21:18They are as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme †carieth away.
21:19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
21:19God layeth vp his †iniquitie for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Selected passage21:20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21:20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
21:21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
21:21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his moneths is cut off in the middest?
21:22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
21:22Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he iudgeth those that are high.
21:23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
21:23One dieth †in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
21:24His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
21:24His ‖breasts are full of milke, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
21:25And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
21:25And another dieth in the bitternesse of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
21:26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
21:26They shall lie downe alike in the dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the deuices which yee wrongfully imagine against me.
21:28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
21:28For ye say, where is the house of the prince? and where are †the dwelling places of the wicked?
21:29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
21:29Haue ye not asked them that goe by the way? and doe ye not know their tokens?
21:30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
21:30*That the wicked is reserued to the day of destruction; they shall bee brought foorth to †the day of wrath.
21:31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
21:31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
21:32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
21:32Yet shall hee be brought to the †graue, & shall †remaine in the tombe.
21:33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
21:33The cloudes of the valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
21:34How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
21:34How then comfort ye me in vaine, seeing in your answeres there remaineth †falshood?