Job 21:19,20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

God layeth up Namely, in his treasures; his iniquity

Or rather, the punishment of his iniquity; that is, He will punish him both in his person and in his posterity. His eyes shall see his destruction That is, he shall be destroyed, as to see death, is to die, Psalms 89:48; Hebrews 11:5; and to see affliction, or any kind of evil, is to feel it, Psalms 90:15; and to see good, is to enjoy it, Job 7:7; Job 9:25. Or, this phrase may be emphatical; he shall foresee his ruin hastening toward him, and not be able to prevent or avoid it: he shall sensibly feel himself sinking and perishing, which aggravates his misery. He shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty Not sip or taste, but drink; which word commonly denotes receiving abundance of the thing spoken of.

Job 21:19-20

19 God layeth up his iniquitye for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.