"You say, 'God stores up the iniquity of the wicked for his children.' Let him recompense it to the man himself, that he may know it." Job quotes what the friends might say about intergenerational punishment. Yet he argues that God should punish the wicked person directly, in his own lifetime, so he understands the connection between sin and suffering. The verse suggests that if retribution operates, it should be immediate and transparent, not deferred to future generations.

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