1. Job 21:20 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Commentary on Job 21:20 (Summary)

Job 21:20 (ESV)

20 Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

According to the doctrine of retribution, it is the sinner himself who must be punished for his sins. Otherwise, how will the sinner ever see (or know, Job 21:19) God’s justice?

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