Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Job 24:20 in other translations
| BSB | The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree. |
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| WEB | The womb will forget him. The worm will feed sweetly on him. He will be no more remembered. Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree. |
| ASV | The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree. |
| YLT | Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness. |
| DARBY | The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, — |
| BBE | The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree. |
| Webster | The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. |
What does Job 24:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 24:2-25
2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 24:18-25
Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties and oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears of corn as they come to hand. There will often appear much to resemble the wrong view of Providence Job takes in this chapter. But we are taught by the word of inspiration, that these…
Job 24:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 24:20
- Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
- Daniel 4:14
He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
- Job 18:16-17
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
- Matthew 3:10
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Isaiah 26:14
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
- Job 17:14
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
- Job 19:26
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
- Job 14:7-10
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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Context
- Job 24:19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
- Job 24:20
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
- Job 24:21
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Job 24:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Olvidaráse de ellos el seno materno; de ellos sentirán los gusanos dulzura; nunca más habrá de ellos memoria, y como un árbol serán los impíos quebrantados. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le sein maternel les oublie; les vers se repaissent d’eux; on ne se souvient plus d’eux: l’iniquité sera brisée comme du bois! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Mutterleib vergißt seiner, das Gewürm labt sich an ihm, nicht mehr wird seiner gedacht: und das Unrecht wird zerbrochen wie ein Baum- |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Obliviscatur ejus misericordia; dulcedo illius vermes: non sit in recordatione, sed conteratur quasi lignum infructuosum. |