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20 Let his own eyes behold his calamity,
    and the wrath of the Almighty let him drink!
21 For what interest has he in his family after him,
    when the number of his months is finished?
22 Can anyone teach God knowledge,
    seeing that he judges those on high?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:22 Those on high: the heavenly beings; cf. 1:6; Ps 82:1–8.

20 Let their own eyes see their destruction;(A)
    let them drink(B) the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.(C)
21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind(D)
    when their allotted months(E) come to an end?(F)

22 “Can anyone teach knowledge to God,(G)
    since he judges even the highest?(H)

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