Job 21:19 | TNotes | STEP | 21:19 you say: Job was quoting and rebutting his friends’ arguments. • God will punish their children: These were the words of Eliphaz (5:4 ) and Zophar (20:10 ), but Job thought God should punish the ones who sin (see Ezek 18:19-20 ).

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‏ Job 21:19

21:19 ^a you say: Job was quoting and rebutting his friends’ arguments.

• God will punish their children: These were the words of Eliphaz (5:4 ^b) and Zophar (20:10 ^c), but Job thought God should punish the ones who sin (see Ezek 18:19-20 ^d).