Job 24:20
Let mercy forget him. His charm is worms. Let him not be remembered, but instead be broken like an unfruitful tree.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19May he cross from the snowy waters to excessive heat, and his sin, all the way to hell.
21For he has fed on the barren, who does not bear fruit, and he has not done good to the widow.
Cross References
Job 17:14I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.”
Job 19:26And I will be enveloped again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.
Proverbs 10:7The remembrance of the just is with praises. And the name of the impious shall decay.
Isaiah 26:14Let not the dead live; let not the giants rise up again. For this reason, you have visited and destroyed them, and you have perished all remembrance of them.
Matthew 3:10For even now the axe has been placed at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit shall be 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 →