Job 24:20
The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth the nether-world 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 when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Isaiah 26:14The dead live not, the shades rise not; to that end hast Thou punished and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
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 →