Job 24:20
Even their mothers forget them, maggots feast on them, they are no longer remembered, and their wickedness becomes like a tree that is broken into pieces.
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In Context
19Just as heat and drought dry up snowmelt, so Sheol takes away those who have sinned.
21They mistreat childless women and are mean to widows.
Cross References
Job 17:14Should I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister?
Job 19:26Even though my skin is destroyed, in my body I shall see God.
Proverbs 10:7The good are remembered as a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
Isaiah 26:14They are dead, they will not live again; they will not rise from the grave. Lord, you punished them and destroyed them—even wiping out every memory about them.
Matthew 3:10In fact the ax is ready to chop down the trees. Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown 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 →