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.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned.
21He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
Cross References
Job 17:14If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;
Job 19:26And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
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 remembrance of them to perish.
Matthew 3:10And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn 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 →