Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
Job 21:31 belongs to Job's answer to his friends. It teaches that the wicked prosper here in this present life while their punishment is still future. Its questions about declaring his way to his face and repaying him what he has done mean that no one confronts the wicked man and no one repays his deeds until the judgment, when his works are judged and his punishment follows.
With its surrounding verses it shows that the wicked are brought to the grave and kept there in the tomb until the day of wrath and judgment. At that day they are brought forth and raised for judgment. Therefore they do not receive their punishment at death or immediately after death. They are not already being punished in hell before that day, but are reserved to be punished at the judgment.
Job 21:31 belongs to Job's answer to his friends. It teaches that the wicked prosper here in this present life while their punishment is still future. Its questions about declaring his way to his face and repaying him what he has done mean that no one confronts the wicked man and no one repays his deeds until the judgment, when his works are judged and his punishment follows.
With its surrounding verses it shows that the wicked are brought to the grave and kept there in the tomb until the day of wrath and judgment. At that day they are brought forth and raised for judgment. Therefore they do not receive their punishment at death or immediately after death. They are not already being punished in hell before that day, but are reserved to be punished at the judgment.