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What Concern Will He Have for His Family?[a]

19 “According to you, God stores up punishment for a man’s children,
    but the wicked should be the ones punished and requited for their evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:19 The ancient principle of collective retribution said that children are punished for their parents’ sins (Job 5:4; 20:10; Deut 5:9). Job no longer accepts this explanation. Job demands that each person be repaid according to his or her deeds.