Job 24:20
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.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters, [and] Sheol [those who] have sinned.
21He devours the barren who do not bear, and does no good to the widow.
Cross References
Job 17:14if I have said to corruption, Thou are my father, to the worm, My mother, and my sister,
Job 19:26And after my skin, this [body], is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,
Proverbs 10:7The memory of a righteous man is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Isaiah 26:14[Being] dead, they shall not live. [Being] deceased, they shall not rise. Therefore thou have visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.
Matthew 3:10And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew Henry on Job 24:19-25
Ultimate Ruin of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. 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. 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he… Read the whole commentary →