Job 21:17–22

“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out?

That their calamity comes upon them?

That God distributes pains in his anger?

That they are like straw before the wind,

and like chaff that the storm carries away?

You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’

Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it.

Let their own eyes see their destruction,

and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

For what do they care for their houses after them,

when the number of their months is cut off?

Will any teach God knowledge,

seeing that he judges those who are on high?

“Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?

How often does calamity come upon them,

the fate God allots in his anger?

How often are they like straw before the wind,

like chaff swept away by a gale?

It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’

Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!

Let their own eyes see their destruction;

let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.

For what do they care about the families they leave behind

when their allotted months come to an end?

“Can anyone teach knowledge to God,

since he judges even the highest?

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?

Does disaster come on them?

Does he apportion destruction in his anger?

Are they like straw before the wind,

like chaff a storm sweeps away?

God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.

Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.

Let his own eyes see his demise;

let him drink from the Almighty’s wrath!

For what does he care about his family once he is dead,

when the number of his months has run out?

Can anyone teach God knowledge,

since he judges the exalted ones?

“Yet the light of the wicked never seems to be extinguished.

Do they ever have trouble?

Does God distribute sorrows to them in anger?

Are they driven before the wind like straw?

Are they carried away by the storm like chaff?

Not at all!

“ ‘Well,’ you say, ‘at least God will punish their children!’

But I say he should punish the ones who sin,

so that they understand his judgment.

Let them see their destruction with their own eyes.

Let them drink deeply of the anger of the Almighty.

For they will not care what happens to their family

after they are dead.

“But who can teach a lesson to God,

since he judges even the most powerful?

“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,

and their disaster comes upon them?

He distributes pains in his anger.

How often are they like straw before the wind,

and like chaff that the storm carries away?

‘God stores up his iniquity for his children’?

Then let him repay it to him that he may know.

Let his eyes see his decay,

and let him drink from the wrath of Shaddai,

for what does he care for his house after him,

when the number of his months is cut off?

Can anyone teach knowledge to God,

since he himself judges high ones?

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out!

And how oft cometh their destruction upon them!

God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

They are as stubble before the wind,

And as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

God layeth up his iniquity for his children:

He rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

His eyes shall see his destruction,

And he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,

When the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

Shall any teach God knowledge?

Seeing he judgeth those that are high.